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The Roman empire collapsed, the Soviet union collapsed, numerous South American, Eastern European countries collapsed, the US economy crashed in the great depre
by speedplane 8y ago
The Roman empire collapsed, the Soviet union collapsed, numerous South American, Eastern European countries collapsed, the US economy crashed in the great depression. None of them resulted in anything remotely resembling Hitler's Germany. Hate is an emotion. It can be stoked by class resentment and injustice, but it's quite a different thing. Hitler harnessed hate like few societies have seen before or since.
- DuskStar 8y agoDid any of those have some other country sitting just outside of their borders demanding that they hand over more wealth while they starved? Unlike most other countries in collapse, Germany had a nearby enemy that really was the active, willful cause of their suffering.
- leereeves 8y agoYes, Germans at that time had a very good reason to hate the French and English. Which doesn't explain the Nazis' profound hatred of Jews, gays, and the disabled.
- fringegringe 8y agoThe roman empire collapsed "outwards" for centurys, hunting slaves, and rampaging through whole medieval countrysides, before collapsing inwards.
- agapon 8y agoThe Stalin's Soviet Union, after the collapse of Russian Empire, did resemble the Hitler's Germany (or vice versa) and not too remotely.