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How did the Nazis gain power in Germany?

34 points by josephby 8y ago

mkempe 8y ago
I recommend "The Ominous Parallels" [1] for a detailed examination of the philosophical and historical causes of Nazi Germany, and how these causes have echoes resonating in the US today. [1] https://www.amazon.com/Ominous-Parallels-End-Freedom-America/dp/081282850X https://www.amazon.com/Ominous-Parallels-End-Freedom-America... (the now-flagged book review was https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/books/review/benjamin-carter-hett-death-of-democracy.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/books/review/benjamin-car...)
- dominotw 8y ago
  Is it a book version of Goodwin's law?
  - mkempe 8y ago
    Your anti-intellectualism fits with the times.
petermcneeley 8y ago
This is covered by the first episode of the World at War. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b4g4ZZNC1E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b4g4ZZNC1E
- josephby 8y ago
  That’s an amazing, if terrifying mini series that I finally watched earlier this year.
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jadedhacker 8y ago
Robert Paxton's five stages of fascism, a classic read: http://pryan2.kingsfaculty.ca/pryan/assets/File/Paxton's%205-Stages%20of%20Fascism.pdf http://pryan2.kingsfaculty.ca/pryan/assets/File/Paxton's%205...
- sincerely 8y ago
  Similarly, Umberto Eco's "Ur-Fascism": http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/ http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/
captain_perl 8y ago
The short answer is, "the same way that Trump did." To learn more, I recommend reading the excellent post link.
- emmelaich 8y ago
  Let us know the equivalent of the Beer Hall Putsch or the Reichstag Fire. And Trump did win the election.
- pdfernhout 8y ago
  The 1953 short-story "Mr. Costello, Hero" by Theodore Sturgeon provides a fictional example of someone using the fear of difference to gain control of other people (although in response to McCarthyism, a brave thing for an author to write at the time).
emmelaich 8y ago
Recommended: Ian Kershaw's books on Hitler. https://www.amazon.com/Hitler-Ian-Kershaw-ebook/dp/B00BJIMCA8/ https://www.amazon.com/Hitler-Ian-Kershaw-ebook/dp/B00BJIMCA...

34 points by josephby 8y ago

I recommend "The Ominous Parallels" [1] for a detailed examination of the philosophical and historical causes of Nazi Germany, and how these causes have echoes resonating in the US today. [1] https://www.amazon.com/Ominous-Parallels-End-Freedom-America/dp/081282850X https://www.amazon.com/Ominous-Parallels-End-Freedom-America... (the now-flagged book review was https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/books/review/benjamin-carter-hett-death-of-democracy.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/books/review/benjamin-car...)

dominotw 8y ago
Is it a book version of Goodwin's law?
- mkempe 8y ago
  Your anti-intellectualism fits with the times.

petermcneeley 8y ago

This is covered by the first episode of the World at War. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b4g4ZZNC1E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b4g4ZZNC1E

josephby 8y ago
That’s an amazing, if terrifying mini series that I finally watched earlier this year.

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jadedhacker 8y ago

Robert Paxton's five stages of fascism, a classic read: http://pryan2.kingsfaculty.ca/pryan/assets/File/Paxton's%205-Stages%20of%20Fascism.pdf http://pryan2.kingsfaculty.ca/pryan/assets/File/Paxton's%205...

sincerely 8y ago
Similarly, Umberto Eco's "Ur-Fascism": http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/ http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/

captain_perl 8y ago

The short answer is, "the same way that Trump did." To learn more, I recommend reading the excellent post link.

emmelaich 8y ago
Let us know the equivalent of the Beer Hall Putsch or the Reichstag Fire. And Trump did win the election.
pdfernhout 8y ago
The 1953 short-story "Mr. Costello, Hero" by Theodore Sturgeon provides a fictional example of someone using the fear of difference to gain control of other people (although in response to McCarthyism, a brave thing for an author to write at the time).

emmelaich 8y ago

Recommended: Ian Kershaw's books on Hitler. https://www.amazon.com/Hitler-Ian-Kershaw-ebook/dp/B00BJIMCA8/ https://www.amazon.com/Hitler-Ian-Kershaw-ebook/dp/B00BJIMCA...