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"The cynical dishonesty of the Nazis’ propaganda received a significant boost from the cult of irrationality that drove their followers: the contempt for, indeed the revolution against, Enlightenment standards of rationality."

"Few members of Weimar’s insurgent groups wanted a lawless and barbaric dictatorship ruled over by someone like Hitler. They simply wanted the fastest and easiest solutions to their own particular problems."

- Benjamin Carter Hett, The Death of Democracy: Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic

.https://www.benjamincarterhett.com/.

Subject: Benjamin Hett - The Death of Democracy

https://youtu.be/0umT4JNuBIM?si=-Sci8TEAsGcev5-O

Subject: How to Confront a Dictator: Benjamin Carter Hett

https://youtu.be/h5vciFhBzM0?si=JFuSFrLSNbWMKYr3

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"... so democratic politicians confronting aggressive threats from 'totalitarian' dictatorships are facing fundamentally new and very alarming problems --- and have to invent the strategy as they go along."

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