A really powerful WWII era "don't be a sucker" piece, that explains how authoritarians have to separate and destroy groups of people so they can take power. I don't usually watch anything this long (22 min) but couldn't stop watching once I started this.
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Please watch and rewatch this movie, in the U.S. Archives from the @usarmy.bsky.social #DontBeASucker a reminder of how the Nazis conned their country into becoming the cause of mass murder and all the other horrors that Nazis unleash. The lessons are true for the USA🇺🇸 , in 2025 youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4
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PBS should broadcast it every week.
Europeans know Nazis when they see them and call them by name. They have a protest song The Day the Nazi Died.
You can find it easily online. I have it posted on my profile page if you want to hear it and repost it if you want to.
What's most amazing is it was produced by. THE WAR DEPARTMENT
Look to Flynn to censor the report made by the CTC.
With Flynn at the helm, what implications does that mean for our military in regard to censorship and radicalization?
https://bsky.app/profile/ladypup.bsky.social/post/3lkypuim2f22z
because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."
Didn’t vote for Trump
But they didn’t vote against him
Just like the German people, they thought it wouldn’t happen here
Now they deny and look away
A month ago there should have been demonstrations in every American city putting BLM marches to shame
🇨🇦 America get off your ass
Don’t do a thing?
Israel had huge demonstrations, Netanyahu is still in power. Lawless as he is.
You have to be persistent. It's not a one-day show
FDR printed tons of dollars for democracy
We’ve had 50 plus years of austerity until Biden broke with neoliberalism
But we didn’t know how to defend this break
Here’s a shortened clip of the most painfully recognizable part.
https://youtu.be/42X_eAOU4DU?feature=shared
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.
—Martin Niemöller
I just sent her the link to the video. fat chance she'll watch it though.
Your Uncle was treated with dignity & respect. I’m glad he did not experience what we are witnessing today. I know my family who served would be in tears if they knew what was taking place.
(3) are you Elon Musk’s publicist?
What does your statement have to do about what I have written? Are you living in an alternative reality?
I’ve been reading through “What to a slave is the 4th of July” and so many of the comments Douglass made about America then are painfully obviously still more true than any of us would like.
The pain of reading history is recognizing yourself in it - “…wir klagen uns an…”
https://bsky.app/profile/lobleytea.bsky.social/post/3li6xpi5m622k
Should be a segment on 60 minutes tonight
Long view but still relevant today. Interesting that this time they were much better at using many churches and their congregations to further their divide and conquer strategy. Perhaps someday we’ll actually learn and retain the lessons of the past.
people go along with orders
they may not agree with but do so any way.
But the Nuremberg trails clearly said that
following orders to do criminal acts was not
a defense.
Imagine if people just stop following orders
from stupid people, how much better the world would be!
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62zm4eqvp7o
Oh, if only it were so. 😢
I wonder if this could be “updated” for targeted audiences based on age, culture, geography?
You know people. Thoughts?
Russia created Nazism=fascism, raised Nazism in Germany, Russia started WW2
In the last few years, Russia has created Nazism=fascism, raised Nazism in the USA, RussiaTrump started WW3
Fortunately, Russia only has 6 American nuclear warheads from Trump Witkoff ✊