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I understand your point, chavos. But that's exactly what I mean to do. I am fully aware of the number of people who will think I'm an ass for making the comparison, but I believe it needs to be made.
Most Americans believe that we would never, ever, be duped like the people in Germany were. This hubris(?) of being too smart to be manipulated will only make it that much easier because we won't believe we're doing it.
While many won't like the fact that there is an implied comparison to nazism in my post, in my opinion it is similar to listening to serial killers in prison describe how they found their victims. We listen to them because we hope to use what they tell us to protect ourselves. Yet, somehow, because the speaker of the quote is a nazi, we are too quick to dismiss it, saying, "but we're nothing like the nazis." But Hitler was elected in a democratic election, remember? The people of Germany willingly gave up their liberty under the guise of protection from foreign enemies.
The price of freedom is constant vigilance, but many Americans are asleep on the job.
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"I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am" - Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses
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