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Originally Posted by Pio1980
I had wondered if the German folk of the 1930s and Americans were that much different, that We would have rejected an obvious authoritarian tyrant as a leader for basic ethical considerations. Donald Trump is the deeply disappointing distressing answer.
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No, they were not that different. In fact, Hitler got his ideas of racial purity from an American, Madison Grant, the author of a 1916 book called
The Passing of the Great Race, which spread the doctrine of race purity all over the globe. Here's a really interesting read:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine...nalism/583258/
03-14-2019, 01:24 PM
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