[LucyT]

Thanks Polarik. Did I ping this thread already, or did I only bump it.

Your-eyes-will-glaze-over-Ping. Sorry if it’s a duplicate.

[Fred Nerks]

...read it once before, even more scary the second time.

[Kevmo]

Thanks for the ping.

Obama is a National Socialist
www.freerepublic.com ^ | October 27, 2008 | Kevmo

Posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 4:19:47 PM by Kevmo
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2116981/posts

[PhilDragoo]

ERIC HOFFER THE TRUE BELIEVER

Hoffer argues that mass movements such as Fascism and Communism spread by promising a glorious future. To be successful, these mass movements need the adherents to be willing to sacrifice themselves and others for the future goals. To do so, mass movements need to devalue both the past and the present. Mass movements appeal to frustrated people who are dissatisfied with their current state, but are capable of a strong belief in the future. As well, mass movements appeal to people who want to escape a flawed self by creating an imaginary self and joining a collective whole. Some categories of people who may be attracted to mass movements include poor people, misfits, and people who feel thwarted in their endeavors. Hoffer quotes extensively from leaders of the Nazi and Communist parties in the early part of the 20th Century, to demonstrate, among other things, that they were competing for adherents from the same pool of people predisposed to support mass movements. Despite the two parties' fierce antagonism, they were more likely to gain recruits from their opposing party than from moderates with no affiliation to either.

OBAMA DRAWS ISLAMISTS & COMMUNISTS

[nw_arizona_granny]

Thanks to LucyT for the ping.