Ben Wilson

He had no coherent theory for how we get from here to there.

The Beer Hall Putsch actually makes me think a little bit, and I know this is going to be a controversial comparison, to the events of January 6, 2020.

That was the date of the protests in Washington, D.C.

that got out of control and led to people storming the Capitol building.

And the reason I think they're similar is that on January 6th, you have these people who want to stop the election from being certified, which, you know, the election certified in favor of Joe Biden.

They didn't want that to happen.

They thought that Trump really should have won.

And so, you know, they riot, they break into the Capitol and then they what?

They do nothing.

They literally start taking a tour of the building.

They even stand behind the velvet rope.

Right.

And in both cases, in the Beer Hall Putsch and in January 6th,

There was a goal, stop the election from being certified, take control of the Bavarian government, march on Berlin.

They had a start of a plan.

They had a concept of a plan.

But a concept of a plan is not enough.

You need a theory for, okay, we start with A, we go to B, we go to C, we go to D, and here are how things succeed.

In fact, Hitler would make fun of Wausau.

one member of the triumvirate, for saying that, you know, hey, if I'm going to join this, you know, he's trying to convince him, you know, actually support this coup.