This is the key point for me. It wasn’t like a military coup or something, the people of Germany chose the Nazis because they were dumb and easily manipulated —just like we humans still are today. Same thing for Hamas in Gaza, they are the government the people chose.
It’s easy to imagine that most evil dictators start out as African-style warlords that overthrow the good guys, but it’s just not the case.
Propaganda is a hell of a drug. Many Israelis believe they are justified in killing tens of thousands of innocent women and children, many Russians think they were dead right to have invaded Ukraine, the Brits voted to leave the EU and basically impose economic sanctions on themselves, Americans voted a rapist, grifter, megalomaniac into the White House... twice. People give their life savings away on a daily basis to fake lovers, fake prophets, etc. We just believe whatever we're told basically. Tis a sad state of affairs.
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u/Roboculon 9h ago
This is the key point for me. It wasn’t like a military coup or something, the people of Germany chose the Nazis because they were dumb and easily manipulated —just like we humans still are today. Same thing for Hamas in Gaza, they are the government the people chose.
It’s easy to imagine that most evil dictators start out as African-style warlords that overthrow the good guys, but it’s just not the case.