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And especially when the country's in an economic crisis like Germany was. I think you've written that the Treaty of Versailles created Hitler and the Wall Street crash and the Great Depression brought him to power. Yes. And of course, the propaganda machine that you describe is the thing that got everybody else in Germany on board.

And especially when the country's in an economic crisis like Germany was. I think you've written that the Treaty of Versailles created Hitler and the Wall Street crash and the Great Depression brought him to power. Yes. And of course, the propaganda machine that you describe is the thing that got everybody else in Germany on board.

So it's very possible he wouldn't have come to power.

So it's very possible he wouldn't have come to power.

So it's very possible he wouldn't have come to power.

There's many lessons there, but one of them is don't let an extremist into government and assume you can control them.

There's many lessons there, but one of them is don't let an extremist into government and assume you can control them.

There's many lessons there, but one of them is don't let an extremist into government and assume you can control them.

I mean, there is a real power to an extremist. Like there's a person who sees the world in black and white. can really gain the attention and the support of the populace. Yes. Especially when there's a resentment about like Treaty of Versailles, when there's economic hardship, and if there's effective modern technology that allows you to do propaganda and sell the message.

I mean, there is a real power to an extremist. Like there's a person who sees the world in black and white. can really gain the attention and the support of the populace. Yes. Especially when there's a resentment about like Treaty of Versailles, when there's economic hardship, and if there's effective modern technology that allows you to do propaganda and sell the message.

I mean, there is a real power to an extremist. Like there's a person who sees the world in black and white. can really gain the attention and the support of the populace. Yes. Especially when there's a resentment about like Treaty of Versailles, when there's economic hardship, and if there's effective modern technology that allows you to do propaganda and sell the message.

There's something really compelling about the black and white message.

There's something really compelling about the black and white message.

There's something really compelling about the black and white message.

Can you actually comment on that? It's a shitty manifesto as far as manifestos go. I think there's a lot of values to understand from a first-person perspective, the words of a dictator, of a person like Hitler. But it just feels like that's just...

Can you actually comment on that? It's a shitty manifesto as far as manifestos go. I think there's a lot of values to understand from a first-person perspective, the words of a dictator, of a person like Hitler. But it just feels like that's just...

Can you actually comment on that? It's a shitty manifesto as far as manifestos go. I think there's a lot of values to understand from a first-person perspective, the words of a dictator, of a person like Hitler. But it just feels like that's just...

Yeah, but there's also the component of predicting basically World War II there. So it's not just to play forever.

Yeah, but there's also the component of predicting basically World War II there. So it's not just to play forever.

Yeah, but there's also the component of predicting basically World War II there. So it's not just to play forever.