Bravo, Good Citizen, for another triumph!

I felt like I was reading many of my own thoughts. As you know, I frequently rail against colluders (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/letter-to-a-colluder-stop-enabling), Covidians (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/letter-to-a-covidian-a-time-travel), tyrants (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/letter-to-a-tyrant), and propagandists (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/a-primer-for-the-propagandized), often citing similar concerns and arguments as you outlined here.

The only statement I would question is, “The similarities between then [WWII-era Germany] and now are significantly underwhelming.”

If you simply mean what you clarify in the following statement, “The unification for their ‘psychosis’ was national and ethnic in foundation and economic, geopolitical and psychological in origin” along with the specific historical circumstances, I would agree.

Otherwise, however, the parallels between the sociocultural pressures and political acceleration of totalitarianism during 1930s Germany and today are jaw-droppingly striking. I frequently reference Milton Mayer’s “They Thought They Were Free,” Sebastian Haffner’s “Defying Hitler,” and Christopher Browning’s “Ordinary Men” because these capture that period in harrowingly crisp detail, drawing from primary source materials (interviews, court transcripts, memoirs, etc.) of the time to paint a portrait that looks and feels precisely like what we’re experiencing today.