@georgetakei

To be fair, Germans do have somewhat of an excuse.

A lost war, Treaty of Versailles and what it entailed. Hyperinflation, massive destruction of wealth. Great Depression, which made the US demand back all the loans Germany heavily depended on. You can, in hindsight, somehow understand how, everything taken together, and happening within 15 years, could destabilize a country and provide radicals with a shot.

@georgetakei

In case you don't know what hyperinflation means, you pay three bucks for a loaf of bread today. 300 bucks next month. 300 thousand six months later. Meaning all your savings, in cash or in a bank account, are gone.

@ratel @georgetakei

A thing of the past? You do recall when the Great Depression happened, don't you. That's what, in addition to everything else, provided the Nazis with a boost in 1933.

They still didn't get a majority. A deficiency in the system, which gave a half-dead, senile president the authority to appoint a chancellor, plus some clever maneuvering is what then sank the Weimarer Republik.

That, plus a pretext, the Reichstagsbrand, is what allowed Hitler to gain absolute power.

@ratel @georgetakei

All very fast. Smooth. Democracy was gone within a blink of the eye.

@ratel @georgetakei

Also, what a statement to make. Do you really believe a hyperinflation happening in the US, some 10 years ago, would have been forgotten already?

Oh, of course. Hyperinflation in 2015, which destroyed all my savings in the bank, in addition to making me eat shit for a year or two, because I couldn't afford any real food. No problem, long forgotten. Now it's Great Depression, the sun is shining again.