The brutish British: You think Nazism couldn’t happen here?

The Spectator ^ | 12/28/2002 | Theodore Dalrymple

[Republic of Texas]

Politically, the US is about 50 years behind Britian, and gaining fast. If you want to see the political future of the US, just look at Britian. That's what scares me.

[Republic of Texas]

Nice HTML in the title, doncha think?

[w1andsodidwe]

The preview button can be your friend.

[SteveSenti]

Tell Alex Jones to take a breather from his conspiracy theory books, and go have a drink or something.

[denydenydeny]

Bookmarked. Theodore Dalrymple is a British national treasure, and in a perfect world he would be Prime Minister.

[Republic of Texas]

I didn't spend enough time with my friend on this one!

[Mark Felton]

wrong. absolutely wrong. The UK is following the US lead. How long have we been required to submit ethnic data for the government? 20-30 years?

The UK is also catching up with the US regarding education. They lag about 5 years in implementing Outcome Based Education programs. For the first time a few days ago I saw an article that said 30% of Scottish parents would homeschool. Their standards have been dumbed down and the system is in disarray.

[ricpic]

The Brits are, by and large, a pragmatic people. Any great overarching social/political theories put them off. This trait will save them from going too far down the path of blind worship for a "great leader."
The Brits will, as usual, muddle through rather than going wild in any particular direction.

[denydenydeny]

Did you sign up today just for this?

[sixgunjer]

"Politically, the US is about 50 years behind Britian, and gaining fast. If you want to see the political future of the US, just look at Britian. That's what scares me."

You obviously don't live in California, neither are you a civil servant.

[Republic of Texas]

As far as the tendency to support socialism, Britian is ahead of the US. I don't doubt that in other areas we are ahead of them, but both countries should be alarmed at the direction they are heading.

[Republic of Texas]

LOL. I should rephrase that. Both countries are behind Kalifornia when it comes to socialism and state self-destruction. And no, thank God, I am not a civil servant. I actually contribute to the economy.

[Marie]

Welcome Steve! (I hope you have your flame retardent jacket on this morning. NO ONE is immune from the fire here! LOL!)

[Republic of Texas]

Couldn't agree more!

[Fiddlstix]

Bump

[Republic of Texas]

Back at ya!

[First Amendment]

Thanks for posting this article - not only full of truth BUT beautifully written!!

[Republic of Texas]

SOCIALISM ALWAYS FAILS!

[Hermann the Cherusker]

Utter vileness does not need a numerical majority to become predominant in a society. The Nazis never had an electoral majority in Germany, yet Germany offered very little resistance to their barbarism.

The Nazi's and their allied German National People's Party won 52.3% of the vote in the March 1933 election (which did include the Communists, Socialists, and Catholic Center Party also). Prior to that, they had been the largest single party since the 6th Reichstag Election in 1932. Because the Nazis were excluded from the Government prior to that time, and they and the Communists could prevent a majority government frombeing formed without them, the minister von Papen was picked by Hindenburg, beginning the march of undemocratic rule in Germany that culminated in Hindenburg finally relenting and asking Hitler and his allies to form a government based on a parliamnetary majority, which they did. Even today, most parliamentary systems do not elect parties with more than about 40% of the vote due to numerous minor parties, so not winning a majority is hardly out of the ordinary.

There was little resistance by ordinary Germans because the Nazi regime was brutish to only the misfits of German society like Communists and Homoexuals, and to the Jews. Otherwise, the Nazi regime was full of benefits to the regular German - new homes, jobs, new public works, etc. This is like saying there is little resistance by me to the war on terrorism by the US. Of course not. I'm not its target. It'd be different if I was an Arab.