Rick Steve's Europe, ep. 1104: Germany's Fascist Story - A must watch! - so eerily similar to trump's America.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

Synopsis: "The rise and fall of fascism in Germany; tracing the roots of Nazism after World War 1, from Munich to Nuremberg to Berlin; exploring the totalitarian society built by Adolf Hitler."

Rick Steve "As we've seen through the story of fascism in Germany a charismatic leader rose to power through the democratic process and then seized extra-constitutional power by unlawful means. When citizens allowed this, individual freedom and rights fell by the wayside and democracy was lost." - "We are all participants. We are all responsible."

Rick Steve's Europe, ep. 1104: Germany's Fascist Story - A must watch! - so eerily similar to trump's America.

[Xavier Breath]

1. Ilve enjoyed his show so much over the years

but especially during the T'ump years. It was a :30 vacation from the lunacy of that time, and a reminder that there still was joy in discovery and living.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

3. Rick Steve advocates travel & learning about other people as an antidote for prejudice and racism.

[flying_wahini]

2. Here you go

https://www.pbs.org/video/germanys-fascist-story-zsakex/

[AnotherMother4Peace]

4. Thank you - I just watched it on my local PBSCreate channel. Now I'm watching an old Bob Ross "Joy of Painting"

[SamKnause]

8. Thank you.

[Jim__]

5. A strong charismatic leader promising to eliminate problems.

It's easy to resist the appeals of a would-be strongman when things are going well. When the situation seems near hopeless, a strong leader, promising easy solutions, can be extremely hard to resist. Given the right conditions, a strongman will find his followers. Can we avoid situations where where these conditions arise? I hope so.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

6. Yes - exactly. That was discussed in this episode: "...promising to eliminate problems w/easy solutions..."

It also had an enlightening segment on the burning of books in Hitler's Germany, the punishment/imprisonment of Hitler's political enemies, and the Hitler youth brigade.

Quite scary and quite enlightening. And worth reminding us all of Hitler's rise. It's definitely a 100/101 course on the rise of fascism in Germany & quite understandable.

[gopiscrap]

7. my mom spent the first 12 years of her life under hitler

she used to warn me about the shit he said and to watch out for US politicians who were speaking or behaving the same way