Kitty Werthman on how Hitler's propaganda convinced the populace to vote for and trust him.

[I saw nothing 3]

Halocaust survivor gives account of incremantal steps of Hitler... truly AMAZING! This administration are NOT Marxists they are National Socialists! Her story is unbelievable and shows how Hitler's propaganda convinced the populace to vote for and trust him.

Kitty Werthman

[Krdshrk 3,877]

If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.

-Joseph Goebbels

[kenw 293]

Part of Hitler's success was his ability to polarize the population against a common enemy, find ways to blame them for everything that was wrong in the country, and, without going into any real detail, convince the population that he had a plan to end their woes.

 

For Hitler, it was the Jews.

 

Here and now, it's the "wealthy".

 

Same plan, different target.

[Zed's_Dead 16]

Part of Hitler's success was his ability to polarize the population against a common enemy, find ways to blame them for everything that was wrong in the country, and, without going into any real detail, convince the population that he had a plan to end their woes.

 

For Hitler, it was the Jews.

 

Here and now, it's the "wealthy".

 

Same plan, different target.

 

Really? You're equating the murder of millions of people to wanting to raise taxes or do away with tax cuts for the "wealthy"?

[kenw 293]

No, I'm pointing out the universal desire of politicians to find a single group to blame for the perceived woes of the general population, and to rally the majority of their supporters in a single voice against that group.

 

I'm in no way comparing the results, simply the strategy of dividing groups and setting them against each other in an ill-informed and misguided effort to place the responsibility for (insert social problem here) on a particular segment of the population.

 

I repeat, I'm not implying any moral equivalency to raising taxes and the Holocaust. That would be insane. Much like implying a moral equivalency between mass murderers and 2A advocates. Equally insane.

[bulpup 98]

Part of Hitler's success was his ability to polarize the population against a common enemy, find ways to blame them for everything that was wrong in the country, and, without going into any real detail, convince the population that he had a plan to end their woes.

 

For Hitler, it was the Jews.

 

Here and now, it's the "wealthy".

 

Same plan, different target.

 

 

But we could add "liberals" and "neocons" if we ran out all the labels. It is done the world over in all countries. The difference is does it end up in a defacto dictatorship.

 

That was done by far more subterfuge than simple political grandstanding and name calling.

 

Targeting the wealthy has been around since Robin Hood and Sherwood forest.

[I saw nothing 3]

Really? You're equating the murder of millions of people to wanting to raise taxes or do away with tax cuts for the "wealthy"?

 

 

Hitler was a dynamic and inspirational speaker. The first five years he grew government, spent money, was a HUGE supporter of unions, demonized groups, Nationalized healthcare, ran banks, car companies....He was loved and seemed harmless. Nah, Obama and his Progressive/Marxist (neo liberal) cronies have no plans of ruling over us. They are following the Constitution and our wishes... right?

[bulpup 98]

None of that really answers his question. Hitler also liked to ski, was afraid of heights and was a painter. None of which is indicative of skirting the treaty of Versailles, starting a two front war and implementing the final solution.

[Recon Racoon 49]

As horrible as Hitler was, he was a genius. He was able to captivate his audience, hold their attention, and turn their attention to a group of people he blamed for all the problems in Germany, and the world. In doing so he created national dissent for the Jewish population. It wasn't overnight, it took years of speeches, and government reforms to get to that point. But what he did worked, and was all in all genius. Until he killed 12 million people (6 million were Jewish. History doesn't mention the other 6 million minority groups), started a fight with the Russians, and went insane from Syphilis that infected his brain.

 

To draw comparisons to this administration and Hitler is like comparing Apples to Oranges. They are two different things. Hitler killed millions and almost wiped out a race of people. IMO taxing the rich doesn't even compare to the heinous acts Hitler committed. But are there some, albeit blurry, likenesses to Hitlers regime? Sure. Obama managed to sway and entire nation of people to vote for him, by making promises and telling the people what they wanted to hear while blaming the upper 1% of the wealthy for the economic problems. Hitler did the same but with the Jews. But the likenesses stop there.