Overdoing comparisons of modern movements with those of the
past can be a dangerous tool. Both sides of binary political thought can use it.
Neglecting such comparison, though, can be more dangerous.
I'm reading Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power by
Timothy W. Ryback and wanted to share this quote with you.
"It has been said that the Weimar Republic died twice.
It was murdered, and it committed suicide. There is little mystery to the
murder. Hitler vowed to destroy democracy through the democratic process, and
he did. An act of state suicide is more complicated, especially when it
involves a democratic republic with a full complement of constitutional
protections—civil liberties, due process, press freedom, public referendum.
Which leaves one wondering whether any democracy could have withstood an
assault on its structures and processes by a demagogue as fiercely determined
as Hitler."
We must consider the comparisons.
The grandchildren of America deserve it.
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