The essay tries to draw analogy between our current economic crisis and the state of Weimar Republic (Germany) after WWI. It's pure crap. The Weimar Republic

The essay tries to draw analogy between our current economic crisis and the state of Weimar Republic (Germany) after WWI. It's pure crap. The Weimar Republic was in far worse shape. The economy was in worse shape because it had lost a war. Agriculture was destroyed. The had to pay reparations. They had a minority government. The only parallel was that the leftovers from the old government wanted the new government to fail. Maybe Rush Limbaugh is a fascist, but he isn't going to turn into another Hitler and the Republicans aren't going to turn into Nazis. We may be facing a huge task, but this is utter crap.