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Kaleva

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19. Humans are not rational animals. We can convince ourselves that we are.

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Wed Jul 26, 2017, 06:55 PM

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Does anyone know how intelligent, engaged Germans responded to early Hitler? [View all] LAS14 Jul 2017 OP

They thought he was an ignorant boor and didn't take him seriously The Blue Flower Jul 2017 #1

Anyone who can get thousands of young boys to boo Clinton and Obama needs to be taken seriously. LAS14 Jul 2017 #9

What do you think would happen if Trump did that here? nt LAS14 Jul 2017 #12

Secession and civil war. roamer65 Jul 2017 #20

Its called the antifa its very effective where they are working. The_Casual_Observer Jul 2017 #28

We'd still have clowns on TV weighing the pros and cons of genocide, ecstatic Jul 2017 #35

I'm afraid that may be true. You paint such an accurate picture... LAS14 Jul 2017 #39

Alas, that happened in America in 2016 FrodosNewPet Jul 2017 #31

Agreed 100%. "Concern troll" was levied hard and heavy here Arazi Jul 2017 #33

It depended on different factors. BigmanPigman Jul 2017 #2

Many intellecual Jews actually voted for him, defacto7 Jul 2017 #5

Yeap, saw that in a AHC documentary the Jewish upper class thought they were different and were... uponit7771 Jul 2017 #8

I read it in the book On Tyrany... defacto7 Jul 2017 #13

Wealthy people.. speaktruthtopower Jul 2017 #16

Ahhhhh, good point ... I remember how people in Europe were afraid of uponit7771 Jul 2017 #17

First reply AND they thought they had enough stop gaps until he suspended civil liberties after ... uponit7771 Jul 2017 #3

Which raises the question Algernon Moncrieff Jul 2017 #15

They left. mahina Jul 2017 #4

Ditto. I had the same immediate two-word response form in my head. NeoGreen Jul 2017 #11

ya, that. Voltaire2 Jul 2017 #38

Here's a good book on the topic. FreepFryer Jul 2017 #6

A relevant excerpt FreepFryer Jul 2017 #7

How American Journalists Reported the Rise of Hitler L. Coyote Jul 2017 #10

One key difference in Germany (and Russia) Algernon Moncrieff Jul 2017 #14

Exactly LeftInTX Jul 2017 #18

Those are reassuring thoughts. LAS14 Jul 2017 #25

Humans are not rational animals. We can convince ourselves that we are. Kaleva Jul 2017 #19

They praised him because the Nazi's promised to put them back to work - 1932 Baclava Jul 2017 #21

all he was missing was a red trucker hat that said Make Germany Great Again Takket Jul 2017 #24

i had several + have 1 or 2 milwaukee german almanac books. at least one had an old pic of hitler, pansypoo53219 Jul 2017 #22

Side note I have a partial set of Lands and Peoples. So interesting ! lunasun Jul 2017 #27

I know how intelligent, engaged Americans are responding to this Hitler NotASurfer Jul 2017 #23

The industrialists and generals sucked up to him and thought they could control him. rzemanfl Jul 2017 #26

This is exactly what happened when Tom Delay sent his thugs.. ananda Jul 2017 #29

Not exactly the model I think we should be following. n/t DefenseLawyer Jul 2017 #30

Exactly. Let's learn from their mistakes.... E.g., not taking him seriously won't work. nt LAS14 Jul 2017 #32

I don't know if this answers the OP's question but the White Rose Society Boomerproud Jul 2017 #34

Agreed. Haunting. 58Sunliner Jul 2017 #37

Speaking for my family only Blaukraut Jul 2017 #36