Newly-empowered Adolf Hitler is asked by German opposition for “binding assurance that no unconstitutional measures will be taken on the ground of a so-called state of national emergency”—ninety years ago this week:
In first radio speech as Chancellor, ninety years ago tomorrow, Hitler pledged to “bring back to our people the consciousness of its racial and political unity” and “base the education of German youth on respect for our great past and pride in our old traditions.”
@BeschlossDC And "The Business Plot" was in progress as well in the good ole USA.
@BeschlossDC The playbook doesn't really change, does it?
@BeschlossDC Where have we heard this before?? I mean, why hasn't America stopped it yet?
@BeschlossDC Untra conservatives all promise "Forward to the Past". Not that many core values aren't worth keeping, but they default always to the most pernicious "old traditions".
@BeschlossDC The similarities are open and obvious.