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True dat.

I'm old, but not old enough to remember Nazi Germany and WW2. . .but one can't help see the parallels in 'logical thinking'.

After all, having Jews wear special clothing was LEGAL, right?
Taking them off to concentration camps was legal, right?
The government knew best, right? And hey, if some of the actions seemed a bit dicey --oh wait, they're actually putting these people to death? but. . .well, we're at war, and it's us against them, and I'm just following orders, you can't blame me for just trying to do what I'm told. . .

It all started in such a SMALL way, and such a would be HELPFUL way, you know? Germany had war damages to pay from WW1, there was a world wide recession, some of Hitler's plans for a strong unified Germany seemed just and logical and good for all the people. the 'long range' forecast was couched in such ways. . .and those little things 'along the way' were maybe not really such great things but hey, you can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs --and after all, it started out being stuff done by only a few people. in 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 etc. you yourself might not even have noticed more than a few Jewish people in your small town, and you CERTAINLY didn't go around breaking their windows or stealing their property. You might not even have known this was going on in other places. . . and if it was, it was probably because THEY had been going around stealing, and this was only a just restitution. . .

and the lies kept spreading, and the propaganda kept growing. . .

Kind of reminds me about how we were told that abortion should be 'safe, legal, and rare', and that it was ONLY to be done in cases of incest and rape. . .

and then it was only to be done if the poor mother's 'mental health' was in danger. . .

and then it was ONLY a 'blob of tissue'

and then it was 'the woman's body'

and then it wasn't simply 'a' choice, it was the preferred choice.

The lies keep spreading and propaganda keeps growing. . .

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