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“the incremental, desensitizing way the Third Reich made the unthinkable not just possible but acceptable to so many. How the Reichstag Fire in 1933 was used to justify seizing power. The inciting of fear. The Gestapo being given full rein to operate above the law. The creation of a national “enemy” by demonizing Jewish and Roma people, those with disabilities, and anyone queer. Kristallnacht, the “Night of Broken Glass,” which destroyed Jewish homes and businesses. The stripping of rights. The wearing of the yellow star. The deportations. The camps. All of it done so quickly and with such efficiency that it was numbing.”
― Under the Same Stars
― Under the Same Stars
“The frog is in a pot of water on the stove. He doesn’t know that, just thinks he’s in a pond. It’s water, after all. But slowly, very slowly, the heat is turned up. So slowly that the frog doesn’t realize he’s in danger. He might think, Boy, this water has gotten warmer. But he gets used to the warmer temperature soon enough. He accepts it as normal. Until the heat is increased again. Now it’s very uncomfortable. Still, he adjusts. On and on it goes, degree by degree, until at last the water is boiling. The frog is starting to cook. I’ve got to get out of this boiling pot now! the frog thinks in a panic. But of course, by that time, it is too late. He is done for. That is how they do it. They take away someone’s rights. Well, you think, it’s not my rights. And maybe that is a bad person. Maybe they did something wrong. People go on with their lives. They adjust. The first outrage seems so long ago, so benign now that they have gotten used to all the others that followed until they can no longer remember a time when what they call normal used to be considered outrageous, immoral, and brutal.”
― Under the Same Stars
― Under the Same Stars
Margaret’s 2025 Year in Books
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