At the end of World War I, Germany was both a democracy and a country that was heavily in debt where inflation was out of control and severe social problems were a grave concern. Adolf Hitler promised to CHANGE his Germany and restore the “respect” that many Germans thought was so unjustly taken from them.
Funny how history repeats itself.
He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future
– Adolf Hitler
Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.
— Adolf Hitler
It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge.
— Adolf Hitler
I am not saying that Barack Obama is like Adolf Hitler. I am saying that the campaign tactics being employed are like those Hitler employed over the youth of Germany in the 1930’s.
The usage of fear, emotion, propaganda, and religious symbolism is all too similar.
Of course there could be another reason for the blind devotion of his followers.
October 28, 2008 at 2:57 pm
No one has used fear, propaganda and religion as skillfully as Carl Rove and George Bush. Read Rove’s writing about this, as well as the other Republican tacticians, they are very upfront about it. As far as herd mentality, how about lockstep Republican defense of repeated Bush failures for seven years? You’re analogies are shallow, and the comparison with Nazism is itself fear-based.
October 28, 2008 at 3:15 pm
I will agree that both side have used some of those tactics. Of course, I think its worse now.
AT least we knew something about who and what Carl Rove is. What do we know about Obama and his handlers. What do they believe and what will they do? Who will Barack appoint to the thousands of positions that need to be filled?
If information weren’t kept so close and they were a little more open, they’d have less attacks and less unfair comparisons being made.
The link to the herd mentality was humor. Couldn’t you see that?