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> The rise of Hitler, for example, was based on him blaming the Jews for Germany's messed up economy (when it was the insane reparation load of WW1 that caused

by titzer 8y ago

> The rise of Hitler, for example, was based on him blaming the Jews for Germany's messed up economy (when it was the insane reparation load of WW1 that caused the economy situation) Hitler spent far more time blaming Democracy for that, and several missteps in a row really handed it over to him. He despised Jews and blamed them, but you don't really come to power by blaming hidden minorities. He had to first destroy Democracy, which he did, to rousing applause. He convinced everyone that autocracy was the solution. And man, was it fast. As soon as he was Chancellor, they were up and murdering what was left of the minority opposition. It was fast and ugly. And after that, it was ironclad. People should be more worried.

slededit 8y ago
He doesn’t have control of the justice department. It’s also uncertain the military would violate the constitutional ban on law enforcement at his order. To get closer to autocracy he’d need better control of one of those two branches.
brandonmenc 8y ago
> Hitler spent far more time blaming Democracy "democracy is fundamentally not German: it is Jewish" - Hitler Hitler believed the Jews invented and foisted democracy onto the world. So when he's blaming democracy, he's still blaming the Jews. > you don't really come to power by blaming hidden minorities Except he did exactly this, repeatedly and publicly, in his writing, speeches, and policy.
- titzer 8y ago
  > Except he did exactly this, repeatedly and publicly, in his writing, speeches, and policy. Sure. He pointed a hell of a lot of fingers. He had a special hatred for Jews, yes. He said it publicly, but my point was that it he didn't come to power by solely blaming Jews for everything. The "humiliation" that he felt Germany suffered due to the end of WWI generally played much better.
  - brandonmenc 8y ago
    > The "humiliation" that he felt Germany suffered due to the end of WWI generally played much better. Hitler believed Germany lost WW1 specifically because they were "stabbed in the back" by the Jews.

by titzer 8y ago

slededit 8y ago

He doesn’t have control of the justice department. It’s also uncertain the military would violate the constitutional ban on law enforcement at his order. To get closer to autocracy he’d need better control of one of those two branches.

brandonmenc 8y ago

> Hitler spent far more time blaming Democracy "democracy is fundamentally not German: it is Jewish" - Hitler Hitler believed the Jews invented and foisted democracy onto the world. So when he's blaming democracy, he's still blaming the Jews. > you don't really come to power by blaming hidden minorities Except he did exactly this, repeatedly and publicly, in his writing, speeches, and policy.

titzer 8y ago
> Except he did exactly this, repeatedly and publicly, in his writing, speeches, and policy. Sure. He pointed a hell of a lot of fingers. He had a special hatred for Jews, yes. He said it publicly, but my point was that it he didn't come to power by solely blaming Jews for everything. The "humiliation" that he felt Germany suffered due to the end of WWI generally played much better.
- brandonmenc 8y ago
  > The "humiliation" that he felt Germany suffered due to the end of WWI generally played much better. Hitler believed Germany lost WW1 specifically because they were "stabbed in the back" by the Jews.