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“National Socialism was a revulsion by my friends against parliamentary politics, parliamentary debate, parliamentary government—against all the higgling and the haggling of the parties and the splinter parties, their coalitions, their confusions, and their conniving. It was the final fruit of the common man’s repudiation of “the rascals.” Its motif was, “Throw them all out.” Drain the swamp?👀
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Reading this because it was recommended on “Behind the Bastard” as an insight into how “the common man” of Germany became involved into the Nazi party without prior indications of fascism (and in some cases the opposite!) The author, a Jewish (undisclosed) American journalist, travelled to Germany and interviewed 10 of these low ranking party members, building a rapport so close they consider him a friend...
— Jan 30, 2021 05:07AM