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Originally Posted by Sliver
Dude, you need to go back and re-read Night by Elie Wiesel.
Many Jewish people in the 1940s just plain didn't believe Germany would do what they were being told Germany would do (and was actively doing). "not in the 20th century!"
They marched them to death camps and killed six million of them.
It's so incredibly naïve and ignorant of history to think there is some great moral force that can save you from authoritarian violence and invasion when it announces it's coming for you.
Prepare for the worst and hope for the best, but don't assume there is some magic soldier that will stand in front of the weight of the US government's will. That's ridiculous. He'd last about five seconds.
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The Youtube Infographics had a segment with an example of what it was like for an average German in the 1930s. Some of the parallels with what is going on in the U.S. are unsettling.
In particular, the fear people had for losing their jobs if they didn't tow the party line, attacks on the press, what they would have considered "DEI" hires at the time, promoting alternative health ideas, and so on. Not everything draws parallels, but enough that it is concerning. The Nazis didn't go from zero to full on war and genocide. There was a build up that eased people into it.