21st Century: Query 166 (Adolf Hitler)
“How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don’t think.” ~ Adolf Hitler was a German politician and leader of the Nazi Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei; NSDAP). He rose to power as Chancellor of Germany in 1933, and as Führer in 1934. During his dictatorship from 1933 to 1945, he initiated World War II in Europe by invading Poland on 1 September 1939. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust . History reveals how Adolf Hitler used this shortcoming in human behavior to exploit his people and grab absolute power in a short period of time – the result being the murder of millions of people. How does his stunning assertion continue to play out in 2020? In the Trump era, how can we counteract this glitch in human nature and avoid the horror that may befall us if we don’t become Woke? How are the Republicans and the Russians working together to divide and ...