General Discussion

is not often mentioned in trying to figure out what happened to Germany that enabled the horrors of the third reich was the explicit psychological campaigns that had been going on for decades. From nietzche's "man and superman" to literature, art, music, etc., thete was a continuing effort to create and instill a belief in aryan superiority. hitler seized on it, and gave us the end result of such a belief. Today, we see the results of at least 50 years of a similar psych manipulation and propaganda effort, both here and elsewhere (looking at you, murdoch, ailes, amoung many others).

This is a very simplistic, very short, reference to decades-long, multi-pronged social experiments, and their intended horrific outcomes. But, one hopes, this time, knowing how and why it came about, we can stop it before it is too late.

Agaain, thank you for your most insightful OP.