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Post script........in writing my post above I searched the web to make sure I had dates and spelling correct. I came across the Wikipedia post below. Wiki is a great resource but it can be superficial. There's an enormous amount of historical writing about the political and military leadership that came to power in the late 1920s under the banner of the Nazi Party.
Among them was Joseph Goebbels. I read about him only in passing as I am more a historian of the German military during the period of 1932 to 1945. But reading what I think is a very well researched and properly cited WIki article about Goebbels linked below was revealing. To that extent we can learn about the dangers of political propaganda.
Now I want to be perfectly clear I don't agree with some people's characterization of Donald Trump as a Hitler like Nazi or see Elon Musk as I see Joseph Goebbels. But DJT does have a cult like following and his behavior suggests he sees authoritarianism as a better form of governing than cumbersome democracy. Elon is clearly emerging as a mouthpiece for Trump's domestic and foreign policies. One of the best parts of the Wiki piece on Goebbels was the detailed account of how Nazism's core values were promulgated during it's pre-war rise and augmented during the war starting with the Blitzkrieg invasion's of Czechoslovakia (Sudetenland) followed by the invasion of Poland.
Again, different time, different circumstances but there are clear parallels, if not exact, that attentive observers can discern involving Hitler's messianic rise to power in the late 1920s and how he purposely controlled the flow of information to benefit the Nazi party and himself and DJT's control of the Republican party and ascendance to POTUS. Fascinating read worth your time with a cup of coffee in hand.
Among them was Joseph Goebbels. I read about him only in passing as I am more a historian of the German military during the period of 1932 to 1945. But reading what I think is a very well researched and properly cited WIki article about Goebbels linked below was revealing. To that extent we can learn about the dangers of political propaganda.
Now I want to be perfectly clear I don't agree with some people's characterization of Donald Trump as a Hitler like Nazi or see Elon Musk as I see Joseph Goebbels. But DJT does have a cult like following and his behavior suggests he sees authoritarianism as a better form of governing than cumbersome democracy. Elon is clearly emerging as a mouthpiece for Trump's domestic and foreign policies. One of the best parts of the Wiki piece on Goebbels was the detailed account of how Nazism's core values were promulgated during it's pre-war rise and augmented during the war starting with the Blitzkrieg invasion's of Czechoslovakia (Sudetenland) followed by the invasion of Poland.
Again, different time, different circumstances but there are clear parallels, if not exact, that attentive observers can discern involving Hitler's messianic rise to power in the late 1920s and how he purposely controlled the flow of information to benefit the Nazi party and himself and DJT's control of the Republican party and ascendance to POTUS. Fascinating read worth your time with a cup of coffee in hand.
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