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But several reliable, well-informed sources confirmed the idea that Hitler’s anti-Semitism was not so genuine or violent as it sounded, and that he was merely using anti-Semitic propaganda as a bait to catch masses of followers and keep them aroused, enthusiastic, and in line for the time when his organization is perfected and sufficiently powerful to be employed effectively for political purposes.
A sophisticated politician credited Hitler with peculiar political cleverness for laying emphasis and over-emphasis on anti-Semitism, saying: “You can’t expect the masses to understand or appreciate your finer real aims. You must feed the masses with cruder morsels and ideas like anti-Semitism. It would be politically all wrong to tell them the truth about where you really are leading them.”
– New York Times, November 1922
Abbot is violating federal law (again). Arrest him. Quit coddling these assholes!
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Since coming to power in October 2022, the Moderate Party, with Ulf Kristersson as prime minister as part of a three-party minority coalition, with backing from the far-right Sweden Democrats, has vowed to crack down on immigration.
Holy shit, this picture… from here…
This is the tragedy of our times, but its roots were laid a long time ago.
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