NAZI GERMANY & NAZI US
GOVERNMENT
The German
people didn't stand up to Hitler because their media betrayed them just as the U.S. media is betraying the American people today
America, UK and Israel now is Germany then:
Analogies
The German people of the late 1930s imagined
themselves to be brave. They saw themselves as the heroic Germans depicted by
the Wagnerian Operas, the descendants of the fierce Germanic warriors who had
hunted wild boar with nothing but spears and who had defeated three of Rome's
mightiest legions in the Tuetenberg Forest.
But, in truth, by the 1930s, the German people had become civilized and tamed,
culturally obsessed with fine details in both science and society. Their
self-image of bravery was both salve and slavery. Germans were required to
behave as if they were brave, even when they were not.
It's easy to look back and realize what happened. But at
the time the Hitler administration, with the help of the media, looked pretty
good to the German people. Hitler was TIME
Magazine's Man Of The Year in 1938. The German people assumed they were
safe from a tyrant. They lived in a Republic, after all, with strict laws
regarding what the government could and more importantly could not do.
Their leader was a devoutly religious man, and had even sung with the boy's
choir of a monastery in his youth.
The reality was that the German people, as individuals, had lost their courage. The German government preferred it that way as a
fearful people are easier to rule than a courageous one. But the German
people didn't wish to lose their self-image of courage. So, when confronted with a situation demanding individual courage
in the form of a government gone wrong, the German people simply pretended that
the situation did not exist and, in that simple self-deception, lay the
ruin of an entire nation and the coming of the second World War.
When the Reichstag burned down, most Germans simply
refused to believe suggestions that the fire had been staged by the Hitler
administration itself. They were afraid to. But so trapped were the
Germans by their belief in their own bravery, that they willed themselves to be
blind to the evidence before their eyes, so that they could nod in agreement
with Der Fuhrer while still imagining themselves to have courage, even as they avoided the one situation which most required real
courage: to stand up to governmental lies and deceptions.
When the Hitler administration requested temporary extraordinary powers,
powers specifically banned under German law, but powers
the government claimed they needed to have to deal with the
"terrorists". The German people, having already sold
their souls to their self-delusions, agreed. The temporary powers were
conferred and, once conferred, lasted until Germany itself was destroyed.
When the Hitler administration staged a phony invasion by Poland, the vast
majority of the German people, their own self-image dependent on continuing blindness to their government's deceptions,
did not question why Poland would have done something so stupid as to attack
Germany, and as a result Germans found themselves in a war.
But the German government knew they ruled a nation of
cowards, and knew they had to spend the money to make the new war
something cowards could fight and win. They decorated their troops with regalia
to make them proud of themselves, further trapping them in their self-image.
The Hitler administration copied the parade regalia of ancient Rome to remind
the Germans of the defeat of the legions at the Tuetenberg Forest. Talismans
were added from orthodox religions and the occult to fill the soldiers with
delusions of mystical strengths and an afterlife if they fell in battle.
Knowing that it takes courage to kill the enemy face to face, the Hitler administration spent vast sums of money on wonder
weapons, airplanes, submarines, ultra-long range artillery, the world's first
cruise missile and the world's first guided missile, weapons that could be used
to kill at a distance, so that those doing the killing need not have to face
the reality of what they were doing.
The German people were lured into WW2 not because they were brave, but because
they were cowards who wanted to be seen as brave, and found that shooting long
range weapons at people they could not see took less
courage than standing up to the government's lies and deceptions. Sent
into battle by that false image of courage, the Germans were dependent on their
wonder-weapons. When the wonder-weapons stopped working, the delusion of
grandeur faded, the illusion ended, the Germans lost the war.
The American people imagine themselves to be brave. They see themselves as the
heroic Americans depicted by Western Movies, the descendants of the fierce
patriot warriors who had tamed the frontier and defeated the might of the
British Empire.
But, in truth, by the dawn of the third millennium, the American people have
become civilized and tamed, culturally obsessed with fine details in both
science and society. Their self-image of bravery is both salve and slavery.
Americans are required to behave as if they are brave, even when they are not.
The American people assume they are safe. They live in
a Republic, after all, with strict laws regarding what the government can and
more importantly cannot do. Their 'leader', Obama, is a devoutly religious man
and with the help of the media looks petty good: TIME Magazine's Man Of The
Year 2000 and 2004.
The reality is that the American people, as individuals, have lost their
courage. The government prefers it that way as a
fearful people are easier to rule than a courageous one. But Americans
don't wish to lose their self-image of courage. So, when confronted with a situation demanding courage in the form of
a government gone wrong, the American people simply pretend that the situation
does not exist.
When the World Trade Towers collapsed, most Americans
simply refused to believe suggestions that the attacks had been staged by
parties working for the US government itself. Americans were afraid to,
even as news reports surfaced proving that the US government had announced
plans for the invasion of Afghanistan early in the year, plans into which the
attacks on the World Trade Towers which, angered the American people into
support of the already-planned war, fit entirely too conveniently.
Now the US government has requested temporary
extraordinary powers, powers specifically banned under Constitutional law, but
powers the government is claiming they need to have to deal with the
"terrorists". The American people, having already sold their
souls to their self-delusions, are agreeing. The temporary powers recently
conferred will be no more temporary in America than they were in Germany.
The vast majority of the American people, their own self-image dependant on continuing blindness to the government's deceptions, never
question why Afghanistan would have done something so stupid as to
attack the United States and, as a result, Americans find themselves in a war.
The US government knows they rule a nation of cowards. The
government has had to spend the money to make the new war something cowards can
fight. The government has decorated the troops with regalia to make them proud
of themselves, further trapping them in their self-image. Talismans are added
from orthodox religions and the occult to fill the soldiers with delusions of
mystical strengths and an afterlife if they fall in battle.
Knowing that it takes courage to kill the enemy face to face, the United States government has spent vast sums of money on
wonder weapons, airplanes, submarines, ultra-long range artillery, cruise
missiles, and guided missiles, weapons that kill at a distance, so that
those doing the killing need not have to face the reality of what they are
doing.
But so trapped are Americans by their belief in their own bravery that they
will themselves to be blind to the evidence before their eyes, so that they can
nod in agreement with the government while still imagining themselves to have
courage, even as they avoid the one situation which most requires real courage
- to stand up to the government's lies and deceptions. When the wonder-weapons
stop working, the delusion of grandeur fades, the illusion ends, the Americans will have lost ..... themselves.
The lesson from these facts is that it isn't easy to spot
a genocidal tyrant when you live with one, especially one whom the press
supports and promotes. Tyrants become obvious only when looking back,
after what they have done becomes known. The German people did not stand up to
the Hitler administration because their media betrayed them, just as the American media is betraying the American people by
willingly, voluntarily, even proudly, abandoning its traditional role as
watchdog against government abuse.
It is naive, not to mention racist, to assume that tyrants appear only in other
nations and that somehow America is immune simply because "we're
Americans."
America has escaped the clutches of a dictatorship thus far only through the
efforts of those citizens who, unlike the Germans of the 1930s, have the moral
courage to stand up and point out where the government is lying to the people.
And unless more Americans are willing to have that kind
of individual courage, then future generations may well look back on the
American people with the same harshness of judgement with which we look back on
the 1930s Germans.
History is a great teacher.
