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Jim__

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5. A strong charismatic leader promising to eliminate problems.

Reply to AnotherMother4Peace (Original post)

Tue Jul 23, 2024, 12:28 PM

Jul 2024

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.

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Rick Steve's Europe, ep. 1104: Germany's Fascist Story - A must watch! - so eerily similar to trump's America. [View all] AnotherMother4Peace Jul 2024 OP

Ilve enjoyed his show so much over the years Xavier Breath Jul 2024 #1

Rick Steve advocates travel & learning about other people as an antidote for prejudice and racism. AnotherMother4Peace Jul 2024 #3

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Thank you - I just watched it on my local PBSCreate channel. Now I'm watching an old Bob Ross "Joy of Painting" AnotherMother4Peace Jul 2024 #4

Thank you. SamKnause Jul 2024 #8

A strong charismatic leader promising to eliminate problems. Jim__ Jul 2024 #5

Yes - exactly. That was discussed in this episode: "...promising to eliminate problems w/easy solutions..." AnotherMother4Peace Jul 2024 #6

my mom spent the first 12 years of her life under hitler gopiscrap Jul 2024 #7