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You could think about it that way, but you should also know that Himmler created the SS which swore allegiance to Hitler. The SS also existed before Hitler beca
by brenden2 6y ago
You could think about it that way, but you should also know that Himmler created the SS which swore allegiance to Hitler. The SS also existed before Hitler became the chancellor of Germany.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffen-SS#Origins_(1929%E2%80%9339) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffen-SS#Origins_(1929%E2%80%...
- Ididntdothis 6y agoI am not sure what point you are trying to prove. All this stuff came from outside the regular military. So in the present you should be more worried about militias taking over than the regular military.
- brenden2 6y agoMy point is simple: be skeptical and suspicious of humans with lots of power over other people.
- Ididntdothis 6y agoI don’t think you are doing yourself a favor by bending history in a shape that supports your (very valid) point.
- rumanator 6y ago> you should also know that Himmler created the SS I don't understand what point you are trying to make. The SS was an organization within the nazi party, not Germany's armed forces. Your example refutes your previous assertion that "having a military take over like Nazi Germany" because your quote clearly points out that nothing of the sort happened ever.
- brenden2 6y agoI don't think the distinction matters. The SS was an armed military force, with 900,000 soldiers.
- rumanator 6y agoWrong. The SS was a paramilitary organization within the nazi party. It started as a small group of loyalist bodyguards. Their name literally meant "hall security". And when Himmler took over the organization, the SS featured less than 3k members. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schutzstaffel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schutzstaffel You're either a poor troll or extremely uninformed.
- pmachinery 6y ago> Himmler created the SS Not that it matters to your argument but as a point of trivia, Himmler did not create the SS. While SS member #1 was Adolf Hitler, SS member #2 was Emil Maurice, Hitler's Jewish friend and driver since the early days of the party.
- brenden2 6y agoI guess I'm conflating Waffen-SS with the SS itself (which is a superset). Waffen-SS is the military branch, and it says this on Wikipedia: > Originally, it was under the control of the SS Führungshauptamt (SS operational command office) beneath Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler. Which I interpreted ("originally") as being Himmler's creation.