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RE: A Swastika In The Window: My Surprising Chat With This Truck Driver Yesterday
The only reason he did something that might be perceived as "good" was that he wanted to build an empire and the germans were the ones who were going to do it for him, pay for it, work on it, and die for it, etc. He used them just like every other megalomaniac dictator or politician.
He did not care for the Germans or anyone else in any way.
The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness.... This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.
PLATO, The Republic
It's a sad thing that what may start out one way, can turn out quite the other. Perhaps this is just the nature of power. I have a strong respect for the philosophical mind and I think Plato was right in that quote... possibly describing every empire that's ever existed and ever will. I believe that the American founding fathers identified this inevitability as the fate of their new republic. It's a hot topic and I'm happy there's passion about it. To become indifferent to this kind of stuff is to lose something I think so I'm very glad for your reply. Thanks!