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Originally posted by fastbob72
Mm,I must have got my history all wrong because I always believed the Aunchluss (annexation of Austria) by and large to have been celebrated,sought even,by the majority of the Austrian public.
Her 'revalation' is old news and no revalation whatsoever !!!
As for America beoming a new Nazi state (the 4th Reich maybe ??).
Well folks you tell me,I'm from the UK so obviously don't 'live it' like Americans do but from my viewpoint it doesnt much look like it to me but then that's just my opinion !!!
Only resemblance between America and nazi Germany is invasion of other countries. Funny how Kitty Werthmann compares free healthcare and secular public education with nazi Germany, yet she never mentioned a word about USA's foereign policy in the last century. USA invading and bombing Iraq can be compard to nazi Germany invasion of Poland.
Originally posted by votan
reply to post by rational1
It has nothing to do with disagreeing.. they can't even disagree if they cannot even see the problem in the first place. If you point out what the government is doing in stripping our power they are made to believe by our education system that the state is here to make all better and those who disagree with the state are coo coo.
There is much that is missing in our history books. Many people grow up thinking the only reason the civil war happened was because there was a need to abolish slavery. there was more at play than that.
Try to draw any parallels in history with the present and no one wants to buy it. Unless it is a parallel that is beneficial they will have none of the negative things that can happen. the thing is that there were people back then who had an idea of what was going on and they were not listened to either.
It has nothing to do with being smart or more enlightened. It has to do with people who do not just follow anything by faith without actually looking into both sides of the issue. People today do not even question it and dismiss anything that is said otherwise. Even saying things that are otherwise can be perceived as something a terrorist would say. if that was not the case then why do we have cops infiltrating groups like ows or anything that is anti the current government.
This non questioning the government, not giving serious note to different points of views, and dismissive of anything that does not follow what has been in grained in our education is what leads me to say people are morons. not that they disagree with me.
When i was a kid in school i was taught that the USA farted sunshines and rainbows and could do no wrong. i was taught that all our military endeavors were for peace justice and the american way.
As I have grown up I understand that not everything a super power does is for peace and justice. It is for power and wealth. Which is fine as we are super power. But we are taught not to question our country since we are lead to beleive it farts sunshine and rainbows. So any view that puts it in a bad light is scoffed at.
All the stripping of our rights little by little is accepted by many and those who disagree are seen as odd by those who still swallow the whole deal that our government is good and it does everythign in our best interest.
this will all lead to abuse of power. It is not a conspiracy that is planned. it is just something that will gradually happen. Some times fires start not because you mean to start them but because you put all the elements to create fire in close enough proximity for the fire to begin. whether you light a fire on purpose or by accident it will still burn.. and the path our country is following we are about to get burned.
edit on 21-12-2012 by votan because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by votan
reply to post by rational1
It has nothing to do with disagreeing.. they can't even disagree if they cannot even see the problem in the first place. If you point out what the government is doing in stripping our power they are made to believe by our education system that the state is here to make all better and those who disagree with the state are coo coo.
There is much that is missing in our history books. Many people grow up thinking the only reason the civil war happened was because there was a need to abolish slavery. there was more at play than that.
Try to draw any parallels in history with the present and no one wants to buy it. Unless it is a parallel that is beneficial they will have none of the negative things that can happen. the thing is that there were people back then who had an idea of what was going on and they were not listened to either.
It has nothing to do with being smart or more enlightened. It has to do with people who do not just follow anything by faith without actually looking into both sides of the issue. People today do not even question it and dismiss anything that is said otherwise. Even saying things that are otherwise can be perceived as something a terrorist would say. if that was not the case then why do we have cops infiltrating groups like ows or anything that is anti the current government.
This non questioning the government, not giving serious note to different points of views, and dismissive of anything that does not follow what has been in grained in our education is what leads me to say people are morons. not that they disagree with me.
When i was a kid in school i was taught that the USA farted sunshines and rainbows and could do no wrong. i was taught that all our military endeavors were for peace justice and the american way.
As I have grown up I understand that not everything a super power does is for peace and justice. It is for power and wealth. Which is fine as we are super power. But we are taught not to question our country since we are lead to beleive it farts sunshine and rainbows. So any view that puts it in a bad light is scoffed at.
All the stripping of our rights little by little is accepted by many and those who disagree are seen as odd by those who still swallow the whole deal that our government is good and it does everythign in our best interest.
this will all lead to abuse of power. It is not a conspiracy that is planned. it is just something that will gradually happen. Some times fires start not because you mean to start them but because you put all the elements to create fire in close enough proximity for the fire to begin. whether you light a fire on purpose or by accident it will still burn.. and the path our country is following we are about to get burned.
edit on 21-12-2012 by votan because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Def Youth
We get it. You think Obama is Hitler. We've seen this before when Bush was in office...and Clinton...and the other Bush...and Reagan...and Carter...and Ford...and Nixon...and Johnson...and Kennedy...and Eisenhower. Can't you guys come up with something new at least? I mean, it's not like you're dealing in facts here so be creative.