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New York Times reviews book about Hitler's rise to power in Germany
Posted on 9/28/16 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 9/28/16 at 3:23 pm
quote:
• Hitler was often described as an egomaniac who “only loved himself” — a narcissist with a taste for self-dramatization and what Mr. Ullrich calls a “characteristic fondness for superlatives.” His manic speeches and penchant for taking all-or-nothing risks raised questions about his capacity for self-control, even his sanity. But Mr. Ullrich underscores Hitler’s shrewdness as a politician — with a “keen eye for the strengths and weaknesses of other people” and an ability to “instantaneously analyze and exploit situations.”
• Hitler was known, among colleagues, for a “bottomless mendacity” that would later be magnified by a slick propaganda machine that used the latest technology (radio, gramophone records, film) to spread his message. A former finance minister wrote that Hitler “was so thoroughly untruthful that he could no longer recognize the difference between lies and truth” and editors of one edition of “Mein Kampf” described it as a “swamp of lies, distortions, innuendoes, half-truths and real facts.”
• Hitler was an effective orator and actor, Mr. Ullrich reminds readers, adept at assuming various masks and feeding off the energy of his audiences. Although he concealed his anti-Semitism beneath a “mask of moderation” when trying to win the support of the socially liberal middle classes, he specialized in big, theatrical rallies staged with spectacular elements borrowed from the circus. Here, “Hitler adapted the content of his speeches to suit the tastes of his lower-middle-class, nationalist-conservative, ethnic-chauvinist and anti-Semitic listeners,” Mr. Ullrich writes. He peppered his speeches with coarse phrases and put-downs of hecklers. Even as he fomented chaos by playing to crowds’ fears and resentments, he offered himself as the visionary leader who could restore law and order.
• Hitler increasingly presented himself in messianic terms, promising “to lead Germany to a new era of national greatness,” though he was typically vague about his actual plans. He often harked back to a golden age for the country, Mr. Ullrich says, the better “to paint the present day in hues that were all the darker. Everywhere you looked now, there was only decline and decay.”
• Hitler’s repertoire of topics, Mr. Ullrich notes, was limited, and reading his speeches in retrospect, “it seems amazing that he attracted larger and larger audiences” with “repeated mantralike phrases” consisting largely of “accusations, vows of revenge and promises for the future.” But Hitler virtually wrote the modern playbook on demagoguery, arguing in “Mein Kampf” that propaganda must appeal to the emotions — not the reasoning powers — of the crowd. Its “purely intellectual level,” Hitler said, “will have to be that of the lowest mental common denominator among the public it is desired to reach.” Because the understanding of the masses “is feeble,” he went on, effective propaganda needed to be boiled down to a few slogans that should be “persistently repeated until the very last individual has come to grasp the idea that has been put forward.”
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Posted on 9/28/16 at 3:26 pm to Bench McElroy
how many times do they reference donald trump in this review?
Posted on 9/28/16 at 3:28 pm to Bench McElroy
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“it seems amazing that he attracted larger and larger audiences” with “repeated mantralike phrases” consisting largely of “accusations, vows of revenge and promises for the future.” But Hitler virtually wrote the modern playbook on demagoguery, arguing in “Mein Kampf” that propaganda must appeal to the emotions — not the reasoning powers — of the crowd. Its “purely intellectual level,” Hitler said, “will have to be that of the lowest mental common denominator among the public it is desired to reach.” Because the understanding of the masses “is feeble,” he went on, effective propaganda needed to be boiled down to a few slogans that should be “persistently repeated until the very last individual has come to grasp the idea that has been put forward.”
Currently on display in this country.
This post was edited on 9/28/16 at 3:29 pm
Posted on 9/28/16 at 3:28 pm to Bench McElroy
quote:like "hope and change" or "yes we can"? Or is this a veiled attempt to correlate Trump with Hitler?
effective propaganda needed to be boiled down to a few slogans that should be “persistently repeated until the very last individual has come to grasp the idea that has been put forward.”
Posted on 9/28/16 at 3:30 pm to MSMHater
You mean - propaganda? In an election year? No fricking way
Posted on 9/28/16 at 3:30 pm to El Magnifico
quote:
like "hope and change" or "yes we can"? Or is this a veiled attempt to correlate Trump with Hitler?
"hope and change" and "MAGA" are perfect examples of the truth in that concept.
Posted on 9/28/16 at 3:30 pm to Bench McElroy
They really ought to do something about that Hitler guy. He's out of control.
Posted on 9/28/16 at 3:31 pm to Bench McElroy
Boy are they going to be disappointed with how great America will become.
Posted on 9/28/16 at 3:34 pm to El Magnifico
ETA: someone said the same thing earlier
This post was edited on 9/28/16 at 3:36 pm
Posted on 9/28/16 at 3:34 pm to Bench McElroy
I have always been a fan of historical Hitler. His rise and fall is fascinating.
Posted on 9/28/16 at 3:37 pm to AUCE05
What's fascinating about Hitler is that he was not very well educated yet possessed a natural intellect and high emotional IQ helping him rise to power.
Posted on 9/28/16 at 3:50 pm to AUCE05
quote:
I have always been a fan of historical Hitler.
Is there some other kind of Hitler? A fictional version, perhaps?
I think perhaps you meant the history of his rise and fall. I hope you weren't a fan of his.
This post was edited on 9/28/16 at 5:57 pm
Posted on 9/28/16 at 3:54 pm to foshizzle
If he wasn't such a dick and murdered so many peopel he would have been pretty legit i think
Posted on 9/28/16 at 3:54 pm to foshizzle
If Trump was half the speaker Hitler was, there wouldn't be any need for an election.
Posted on 9/28/16 at 4:01 pm to foshizzle
quote:
Is there some other kind of Hitler? A fictional version, perhaps?
I think he means fan as in he enjoys reading about him, contemplating his rise and fall on an intellectual level. As opposed to actually being a fan of his policies, which is a different thing.
Posted on 9/28/16 at 4:03 pm to Bench McElroy
Man. Sounds an awful lot like Obama circa 2008.
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