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"This is not the Holocaust." yet. "This is not the end of the world." yet. I'm sure many Germans and Italians (or any society on the brink of autocratic rule) f
by yarou 13y ago
"This is not the Holocaust." yet.
"This is not the end of the world." yet.
I'm sure many Germans and Italians (or any society on the brink of autocratic rule) felt as you do now. But the end result is strikingly similar. Small erosion of liberties leads to escalation until it becomes the status quo of not having those liberties in the first place. Funny how this world works, labor is restricted yet capital can flow freely. Smith and Ricardo must be turning in their graves.
- thomasz 13y ago> "This is not the Holocaust." yet. Get some perspective.
- xtracto 13y agoIndeed. A lot of the dismissers should have a walk through the Holocaust Memorial ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_to_the_Murdered_Jews_of_Europe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_to_the_Murdered_Jews_o... ) to "understand" how does it feel to enter an autocratic regime: When you just start walking, everything seems OK, columns all look the same height and you can easily see the other side. But suddenly you are in the middle of a huge maze with very tall walls, which does not seem to have an end in sight. People won't realize the problem until it is too late.