UNOhwen
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I'm always (sadly) amazed at how most people don't fully understand how the Nazis came to power.
They think Hitler's magnesian, or or was simply propogada, or other things, but they don't look at what was happing HISTORICALLY IN GERMANY at this time.
Now, whilst propganda was brilliantly utilised but the Nazis (and it was only first fully described but Edward Bernays, a nephew of Freud's, several years earlier), it was only a means of holding onto the nation, and pounding into the German mindset the Nazi party's points.
It wasn't through violence; Hitler himself learned this from the failure of the 'beer hall putsch'. It was because of this that he believed the ONLY way was through the election process.
But that's only part of the story. Up 'til the early 30s, the Nazis were still a fringe group (and a rather small one at that), getting less than 2.55% of the Reichstag vote.
It was through a perfect storm.
One of the most important things to remember is that people 'don't care' about issues facing the lower classes. They only care when they're seriously injured themselves.
I'm not going to give a history lesson; that's something we should each learn for ourselves, either in school or through books, etc.
After the first blow of WWI's defeat and the heavy-handed treatment they received with the Versailles Treaty, Germans began to feel ostracised.
But that wasn't enough.
After the Weimar Republic helped overcome monstrous inflation (e.g.; 1BILLIONRm for a piece of BREAD! 4BILLIONRm for a bread with sausage!
For a while, things started to look better.
However, it faced setbacks as the German federal government was seen as too weak for legitimacy by many (especially former WWI veterans), who helped fan the flames of right-wing extremism, supported by the power of the (legal!) non-governmental Freikorps ('free corps'-paramilitary groups supporting primarily right-wing causes). Many First World War veterans joined the (various) Freikorps (it wasn't a single group, but many!) when they were first created, and one of these nascent groups led to the formation of the National Socialist Party, the NSDAP, or Nazi Party.
But this was still not enough to give Hitler and the Nazis the added momentum.
Soon, the market's of the world were beginning to spiral out of control, and those same loans (from the States) were called back.
It was all during this time that the Nazis party was building itself - literally creating it self from 'detritus', such as incorporating what was the relatively benign group, the Wandervogel ('wandering bird'), a non-political group which promoted a back to a simpler (and older, i.e., more rightist) way, via camping cookouts, singing around fires, comprised of younger adults and many teens which when it became under the auspices of the Nazis became Hitler jugend; Hitler youth, which kept all the Wandervogel pastimes and added a more militaristic bent. It was this group which helped to give the Nazis some of their most diehard radical leaders.
The collapse of Germany continued unabated, as the double-whammy of the crash and the loan payback States to destroy the extremely fragile German state, quick was the worst-hit economically by the crash.
First hit most severely were the lower classes.
That was soon followed by the collapse of five major German banks and over 20,000 businesses going bust in 1931.
This blow hit hard; it caused suffering not only among the lower classes but now the middle class-the 'engine' of democracy was being destroyed.
After this massive wave of disasters, there was finally enough fuel to ignite the fire which would strengthen the Nazi Party.
It wasn't necessarily that those who voted for the Nazis party believed in the party's ideology; it was that they felt change was desperately needed.
Although this event was very important in boosting the Nazi Party's political clout, it still wasn't enough.
This was exploited by some foolhardy major German financial backers, who believed that by bringing the Nazis into the coalition, it would be enough to control the Reichstag.
They wrongly thought that, although Hitler was initially excluded from the ruling coalition, they could 'control' the 'little corporal'.
And Hitler himself alluded to this.
He did at first.
But once he got his foot in the door, it quickly led to total power, with all political parties being outlawed.
This clear and concise documentary explains (and beautifully supports) in ways both simple and powerful, just how this 'tsunami' was formed and, once in control, became nearly impossible to stop.
As the saying goes, those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it (I also live by the similar phrase, 'all of this has happened before, and will happen again', borrowed from the brilliant reimagined Battlestar Galactica).
One brought 'mechanised death'. The other? Mechanised death.
All of this has happened before.
It's important to (as is said at the Yad Vashem memorial) NEVER forget.
They think Hitler's magnesian, or or was simply propogada, or other things, but they don't look at what was happing HISTORICALLY IN GERMANY at this time.
Now, whilst propganda was brilliantly utilised but the Nazis (and it was only first fully described but Edward Bernays, a nephew of Freud's, several years earlier), it was only a means of holding onto the nation, and pounding into the German mindset the Nazi party's points.
It wasn't through violence; Hitler himself learned this from the failure of the 'beer hall putsch'. It was because of this that he believed the ONLY way was through the election process.
But that's only part of the story. Up 'til the early 30s, the Nazis were still a fringe group (and a rather small one at that), getting less than 2.55% of the Reichstag vote.
It was through a perfect storm.
One of the most important things to remember is that people 'don't care' about issues facing the lower classes. They only care when they're seriously injured themselves.
I'm not going to give a history lesson; that's something we should each learn for ourselves, either in school or through books, etc.
After the first blow of WWI's defeat and the heavy-handed treatment they received with the Versailles Treaty, Germans began to feel ostracised.
But that wasn't enough.
After the Weimar Republic helped overcome monstrous inflation (e.g.; 1BILLIONRm for a piece of BREAD! 4BILLIONRm for a bread with sausage!
For a while, things started to look better.
However, it faced setbacks as the German federal government was seen as too weak for legitimacy by many (especially former WWI veterans), who helped fan the flames of right-wing extremism, supported by the power of the (legal!) non-governmental Freikorps ('free corps'-paramilitary groups supporting primarily right-wing causes). Many First World War veterans joined the (various) Freikorps (it wasn't a single group, but many!) when they were first created, and one of these nascent groups led to the formation of the National Socialist Party, the NSDAP, or Nazi Party.
But this was still not enough to give Hitler and the Nazis the added momentum.
Soon, the market's of the world were beginning to spiral out of control, and those same loans (from the States) were called back.
It was all during this time that the Nazis party was building itself - literally creating it self from 'detritus', such as incorporating what was the relatively benign group, the Wandervogel ('wandering bird'), a non-political group which promoted a back to a simpler (and older, i.e., more rightist) way, via camping cookouts, singing around fires, comprised of younger adults and many teens which when it became under the auspices of the Nazis became Hitler jugend; Hitler youth, which kept all the Wandervogel pastimes and added a more militaristic bent. It was this group which helped to give the Nazis some of their most diehard radical leaders.
The collapse of Germany continued unabated, as the double-whammy of the crash and the loan payback States to destroy the extremely fragile German state, quick was the worst-hit economically by the crash.
First hit most severely were the lower classes.
That was soon followed by the collapse of five major German banks and over 20,000 businesses going bust in 1931.
This blow hit hard; it caused suffering not only among the lower classes but now the middle class-the 'engine' of democracy was being destroyed.
After this massive wave of disasters, there was finally enough fuel to ignite the fire which would strengthen the Nazi Party.
It wasn't necessarily that those who voted for the Nazis party believed in the party's ideology; it was that they felt change was desperately needed.
Although this event was very important in boosting the Nazi Party's political clout, it still wasn't enough.
This was exploited by some foolhardy major German financial backers, who believed that by bringing the Nazis into the coalition, it would be enough to control the Reichstag.
They wrongly thought that, although Hitler was initially excluded from the ruling coalition, they could 'control' the 'little corporal'.
And Hitler himself alluded to this.
He did at first.
But once he got his foot in the door, it quickly led to total power, with all political parties being outlawed.
This clear and concise documentary explains (and beautifully supports) in ways both simple and powerful, just how this 'tsunami' was formed and, once in control, became nearly impossible to stop.
As the saying goes, those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it (I also live by the similar phrase, 'all of this has happened before, and will happen again', borrowed from the brilliant reimagined Battlestar Galactica).
One brought 'mechanised death'. The other? Mechanised death.
All of this has happened before.
It's important to (as is said at the Yad Vashem memorial) NEVER forget.
First, what's with the terribly obvious wigs of the two main characters?
If the production doesn't even bother to look for or buy cheesy-looking long hair for men, it's not a big leap to think they cheapened everything else. If I watched just ONE more 'hair', erm, WIG-flip, I would've gone through the 'picture tube'-hey, I'm being retro-and KILLED the makers of this GARBAGE.
It's far too easy to criticise the lack of talent of these two male leads, particularly their one-note Ted and Bill schtick, and their inability to do anything else. It's as pathetic a job of acting as if the only way anyone can tell they are portraying different characters is by them loudly announcing, 'ok, now I'm...'
For this one-dimensional rubbish-fest, who do you blame?
At the top, the creators of it, as it's from their narrow view of the '80s (and it's in parentheses because this is one messed-up take on the '80s), which all the rest of the rubbish flows from (ugh!).
There have been many examples of shows, films, etc., where creators hired talented people across all aspects to produce outstanding parodies of bygone eras.
Not here.
If you don't want to waste your time, don't support rubbish like this: AVOID it, and, if you like, watch ANYTHING BUT this! Hot Tub Time Machine offers a perfect 80s throwback. There are many other options. The only thing you'll get after wasting your time with this will be OLDER-and DUMBER.
If the production doesn't even bother to look for or buy cheesy-looking long hair for men, it's not a big leap to think they cheapened everything else. If I watched just ONE more 'hair', erm, WIG-flip, I would've gone through the 'picture tube'-hey, I'm being retro-and KILLED the makers of this GARBAGE.
It's far too easy to criticise the lack of talent of these two male leads, particularly their one-note Ted and Bill schtick, and their inability to do anything else. It's as pathetic a job of acting as if the only way anyone can tell they are portraying different characters is by them loudly announcing, 'ok, now I'm...'
For this one-dimensional rubbish-fest, who do you blame?
At the top, the creators of it, as it's from their narrow view of the '80s (and it's in parentheses because this is one messed-up take on the '80s), which all the rest of the rubbish flows from (ugh!).
There have been many examples of shows, films, etc., where creators hired talented people across all aspects to produce outstanding parodies of bygone eras.
Not here.
If you don't want to waste your time, don't support rubbish like this: AVOID it, and, if you like, watch ANYTHING BUT this! Hot Tub Time Machine offers a perfect 80s throwback. There are many other options. The only thing you'll get after wasting your time with this will be OLDER-and DUMBER.
I'll try to keep comments about this vomit-inducing 'actor' in this (otherwise humdrum) episode as brief as possible.
This is small about the giant 'blot' which can't be unseen. I'm referring to this series' reusing as a guest, a so-called 'actor' who's mostly known for the atrocious (MASSIVE!) comb-over he sports.
I know many fans of the Star Trek shows have asked to appear on an episode of one of the myriad series and spin-offs.
What blows my mind-and all logic-is this person.
Why?!?!?!
It's not just 1 episode he's appeared in, but multiple, and not just in TNG, but he's also helped destroy memorable episodes of Voyager with his goggle-eyed overacting. It's hard enough to try and pay attention to the episode he's in, as the top of his head is always so obvious (aside from the fact that I dislike him and his lack of any perceivable talent). It begs... well, several questions:
The ONLY 'miracle' is no brainless person then involved with the helming of the Star Trek 'universe' said/suggested (or got!) using this person as a main-or lead 😳 character in ANY Star Trek series or films.
Kinda makes one wonder 'let's put all the Dwight Schultz episodes-from this and Voyager-in a box set 😫🙄.
Mercifully.
I recommend skipping this and all others with this person.
They're of the 'bad school of acting' wherein the supposed 'artist's' abilities consist of doing such things as... well, if you watch ANYthing with this person, you'll get a quick education in how NOT to act (or do with your thinning 'do)
It's bad enough when a long-running show 'ret-cons', such as in Voyager, where, after having been on the air for several years, they've an episode in which the 'well-liked', and one of Harry's best friends, Lindsay Ballard (WHO?!?!) appears out of nowhere, but, definitely not looking as her former 'crewmates' remember.
That type of storytellimg's very difficult to pull off with any elan, but, it's so much WORSE when the actor playing this 'jammed-in' character is so over-acting that our can't not notice them rather than the story.
This is small about the giant 'blot' which can't be unseen. I'm referring to this series' reusing as a guest, a so-called 'actor' who's mostly known for the atrocious (MASSIVE!) comb-over he sports.
I know many fans of the Star Trek shows have asked to appear on an episode of one of the myriad series and spin-offs.
What blows my mind-and all logic-is this person.
Why?!?!?!
It's not just 1 episode he's appeared in, but multiple, and not just in TNG, but he's also helped destroy memorable episodes of Voyager with his goggle-eyed overacting. It's hard enough to try and pay attention to the episode he's in, as the top of his head is always so obvious (aside from the fact that I dislike him and his lack of any perceivable talent). It begs... well, several questions:
- Why was no other actor better than him at playing this role?
- Why (after his first appearance) was there a reason to bring him back (!?!) rather than recast the part?
- Why, in the 'future,' is man able to advance in so many ways (after all, Picard's got an artificial heart!), EXCEPT when it comes to THIS person's follicle issue, and give him something better than a comb-over with a bottle of Aqua-Net, either in the way of a hair transplant or a halfway decent 'rug'?!?!
- Why was he allowed to so terribly overact (aka 'ham it up,' and 'mug for the cameras,' or mince (not as a term for an effeminate gay man), and after having waded through all this 'individualness,' could anyone in the production office say, 'this guy, Schultz, is terrific! Let's get him to guest on a few more!'
The ONLY 'miracle' is no brainless person then involved with the helming of the Star Trek 'universe' said/suggested (or got!) using this person as a main-or lead 😳 character in ANY Star Trek series or films.
Kinda makes one wonder 'let's put all the Dwight Schultz episodes-from this and Voyager-in a box set 😫🙄.
Mercifully.
I recommend skipping this and all others with this person.
They're of the 'bad school of acting' wherein the supposed 'artist's' abilities consist of doing such things as... well, if you watch ANYthing with this person, you'll get a quick education in how NOT to act (or do with your thinning 'do)
It's bad enough when a long-running show 'ret-cons', such as in Voyager, where, after having been on the air for several years, they've an episode in which the 'well-liked', and one of Harry's best friends, Lindsay Ballard (WHO?!?!) appears out of nowhere, but, definitely not looking as her former 'crewmates' remember.
That type of storytellimg's very difficult to pull off with any elan, but, it's so much WORSE when the actor playing this 'jammed-in' character is so over-acting that our can't not notice them rather than the story.