#MackenzieKing’s “cheerleading” for #Hitler’s regime got a tremendous boost during his tour of landmarks of the #Nazi “miracle,” as Teigrob recounts in riveting detail. The photographs tell a very chilling story as well, especially one that shows King sitting proudly in Hitler’s seat at the All-German Sports Competitions while surrounded by Nazi bigwigs in full swastika-studded regalia.
Another example is King’s loathing of the collective-security provisions of the #LeagueOfNations, which he thought might ensnare #Canada in a war in some distant land. King’s “muddling” played a critical role in that body’s failure to stand up to #Mussolini and #Hitler, thereby empowering the #fascist duo in their territorial ambitions.
.....#Nazi#henchmen he considered friends when he spent a day at the #WarCrimes trials in #Nuremberg in 1946. ...King, who never failed to inform his Nazi hosts that he was born and raised in the German settlement of Berlin, Ontario (Kitchener), paid a return visit to the old-country Berlin to view the devastation wrought on the capital of the #ThirdReich by #Hitler — the man, King had confided to his diary, whom he believed “might come to be thought of as one of the saviours of the world.”
@thor Interestingly, this also ‘works’ the other way around: Some vegetarians claim that #Hitler wasn’t a #vegetarian. IMHO that’s just silly. It’s not as bad as denying the holocaust or something, but it’s still pretty stupid. 🙄
"Here is a difficult truth: A part of the American political spectrum is not merely a passive recipient of the combined authoritarian narratives that come from Russia, China, and their ilk, but an active participant in creating and spreading them."
@wdlindsy I'm listening to this audiobook on youtube: a breakdown of Nazi Germany's 1920, 25 Point Program that became the mandate of the Third Reich.
It was a mixture of #fascism, #antiSemitism, and the "German Workers' Party" #socialism. The combination, with the fatal authoritarian doctrine, gave #Hitler unchecked power.
It parallels the GOP-2.0 under Trump following Hitler's playbook. See #Project2025: #Trump with those powers. #MAGA
"Instead of echoing the appalling rhetoric of fascists, lunching with Neo Nazis, and fanning debunked conspiracy theories that have cost brave police officer their lives, President Biden is bringing the American people together around our shared democratic values and the rule of law — an approach that has delivered the biggest violent crime reduction in 50 years."
"On a vu les cadavres, l'odeur" : la communauté internationale réclame de nouveaux comptes à Israël après la découverte de plusieurs fosses communes dans les hôpitaux d'al-Nasser et al-Chifa. La France par la voix de France Diplomatie "appelle à faire toute la lumière" sur cette nouvelle macabre découverte à Gaza.
I used to wonder how any nation’s people could be so exceedingly ignorant, hateful, selfish, and shameless that they would enthusiastically champion a piece of shit like Adolf Hitler. I don’t wonder anymore. #Trump#GOP#Republicans#MAGA#Hitler#Nazis#fascism