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In reply to the discussion: Neil deGrasse Tyson on the popularity of dictatorships [View all]soldierant
(6,799 posts)52. I was born shortly before Hiroshima
and I might remind those in my generation that it didn't take long after the was for McCarthyism to take hold. McCarthy was gone long before I was in junior high, but the HUAC was still a bogeyman. My mom (who was not an idiot) was concerned that something I did might forever blemish my "permanent record."
It was members of my generation who started the push for peace and love - and even had some success - but by the time JFK, MLK, and Bobby were assassinated, the wind had gone out of our sails. But I still care, and I know there are many others who still care. I find it sad and painful that so many "boomers" actually do deserve the disrespect we get.
Sadly, there are way too many people who actually like being told what to do.
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Yes but there is so much intriguing history, battle strategy and romance as well.
Irish_Dem
Aug 2022
#45
Read Robert Pirsig's works (MOQ) to get one explanation. Biological Quality has been unleashed again
Tommymac
Aug 2022
#34
Democracys are hard to keep alive and need work. Dictatorships are easy... until they are not..nt
mitch96
Aug 2022
#6
Yes. The loss of the WWII Generation--the so-called "Greatest" is going to be the death of democracy
hlthe2b
Aug 2022
#7
Nazis only had 37% vote. Hitler, like Trump, was a bull shitter & promised different to everyone.
uponit7771
Aug 2022
#8
And lest we forget, Hitler (& Mussolini, etc) seized power with "mainstream conservative" connivance
peppertree
Aug 2022
#21
YES !!! Germany's industrialist excuse that "Hitler made us" doesn't pass the smell test of when he
uponit7771
Aug 2022
#36
Short Attention Span Theatre- USA. Not just us though. Philippines comes to mind. 90% Marcos/Duerte
Evolve Dammit
Aug 2022
#15
Dictators are attractive to extremists who think their beliefs are being ignored.
Lonestarblue
Aug 2022
#18
... but they mistakenly think they will be the few thousand elites actually in charge.
keithbvadu2
Aug 2022
#30
No shit! My dad was in a nazi prison camp in Germany after his plane was shot down.
BComplex
Aug 2022
#48
I've wondered the same thing. I'm 70, and it's hard for me to believe how long ago we fought WWII.
Martin68
Aug 2022
#50
They'd also remember DeGrasse Tyson was accused of sexual assault 4x in one year...
NullTuples
Aug 2022
#57