Word: hitleritis
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...calculating new Chancellor of the Republic, an Austrian named Adolf Hitler, made sure that German democracy ceased to exist after that election. Almost 76 years later, on February 15, 2009, Venezuelans will face a similar vote in a referendum proposed by President Hugo Chávez to allow him to “seek re-election indefinitely.” In order to preserve their democracy, they ought...
When Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's London visit was also disrupted by snow, Britain's international humiliation was complete. Still, say this for Londoners: They can laugh at themselves. "Good thing Hitler's dead," remarked a stock clerk in a supermarket. "He couldn't get us with the Blitz, but the place is so incapacitated now, he'd walk right in." Meeting adversity with a sort of gloomy wit is not a characteristic that always serves Brits well; they sometimes crack jokes when they should be complaining. Yet in this coldest of economic climates, an unquenchable sense of humor...
...several hypothetical scenarios based on this incident in the book, but the fact that he completely manipulates the outcomes to support his points detracts from his methods. Ekman’s case is stronger when he leans on real historical and political examples, like the exchange between Adolf Hitler and Neville Chamberlain in 1938, where the latter’s willingness to believe dictator’s promises resulted in Chamberlain’s infamous promise to his countrymen of “peace for our time.”Ekman is most compelling when he looks...
...buses continued running throughout intensive aerial bombardment during World War II. That comparison resonated with one elderly supermarket stock boy in an affluent London suburb. "A fine country, isn't it?" he observed, as customers loaded up on provisions against the possibility of snow-driven food shortages. "Good thing Hitler's dead. He couldn't get us with the Blitz, but the place is so incapacitated now, he'd walk right in." (See pictures of London's crippling snowfall...
...such bonding-by-rhythm is good, as Heath readily admits. Bad-guy armies march too, and rallies that include call-and-response chanting can be used to stop a war ("What do we want? Peace. When do we want it? Now?") as easily as to start one. "Hitler seemed to use synchronous activity in his rallies to bind people," says Heath. "It may have the potential to lead them to commit atrocities...