We are living in a cycle of extremism. People have lost their faith in governments as well as institutions. This is nothing new. People have also lost their faith in any great intangible being(s). It is times like these that the masses turn to certain kinds of leaders. They embrace leaders who give them simple solutions to problems without explaining the details. These leaders never tell the truth when they list the facts of the cause for the despair of the masses. They divide the masses into a them and an us. After that these leaders turn the them against the us, the us against the them. Prosperity comes immediately. However, leaders like this always lose control and end up destroying the very people they swore to empower.
We would do well to read Mein Kampf because it was written by such a leader at the beginning of his march to ruler ship. The United States does not have to follow in Germany’s footsteps. We can read Mein Kampf so that we will be able to recognize who not to follow. It took Germany fifty years to get over the damage left behind by Hitler. The U. S. is too fragile of an empire to withstand an Adolph Hitler at this point in time.
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