Watching Nuremberg last evening reminded me of this: "A Political Warning from the Past"

[Floyd R. Turbo]

Decades after a U.S. Army psychiatrist who studied the Nazis predicted a threat to American democracy, we should remember his fears when we vote.

Psychiatrist and U.S. Army Lt. Col. Douglas M. Kelley returned home in 1946 after spending six months studying the most loathsome of the captured German leaders after World War II. I tell his full story in my book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist.

He was afraid. Kelley, who had served among the prisoners as a staff physician at the Nuremberg jail before and during the celebrated international tribunal that charged 22 top Nazis with war crimes and crimes against humanity, didn’t fear for the fate of Germany or Europe. He agonized over the future of America.

https://www.el-hai.com/blog/2014/11/03/a-political-warning-from-the-past.html

[hlthe2b]

1. Anyone who echoes my famous sigline gets kudos from me. Kudos, Floyd R. Turbo!

And yes, that was a great movie that should have gotten more theater attention, but hopefully Gen Z and Millennials (especially) will see it now.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

2. Thank you!

[Ocelot II]

4. At the No Kings rally last weekend I saw several signs that said:

"DO I HAVE TO REPEAT MYSELF?" - History

[SheltieLover]

3. Kick

[Floyd R. Turbo]

6. Thank you SL!

[SheltieLover]

9. Ty for posting, Floyd!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

14. My pleasure!

[Ocelot II]

5. Kelley eventually committed suicide.

I have to wonder whether studying Göring and the other Nazis and the realization that they were "normal" and not insane, and that the same kind of people were everywhere, was the cause.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

7. As I understand it he was an alcoholic prone to violent outbursts and suffered from severe abdominal problems.

[Ocelot II]

8. But did he become alcoholic and unstable as a result of analyzing Nazis?

If I had to sit with Trump and analyze him for weeks I'd probably lose my shit, too.

[SheltieLover]

10. Who wouldn't?

[yorkster]

11. Saw Nuremberg last night as well.

Flipped to Netflix and there it was.
Excellent film. Impossible not be mentally
doing a grim, present-day checklist as events before and during the war were portrayed.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

12. Yep!

[LeftInTX]

13. I get depressed knowing that we will no longer hold war criminals accountable.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

15. You're not the only one!🤬