In 1931, American journalist Dorothy Thompson interviewed Adolf Hitler.
She wrote that she “found him a man of startling insignificance.” She asked if he “would abolish the Constitution of the German Republic?” He answered thusly, “I will be legally elected.” And then detailed how he would take apart the whole Constitutional framework. He would found an authoritarian state.
Thompson did not believe he would succeed.
“Imagine a would-be dictator setting out to persuade a sovereign people to vote away their rights,” she wrote in apparent astonishment.
I totally get that!
In 1931, American journalist Dorothy Thompson interviewed Adolf Hitler.
She wrote that she “found him a man of startling insignificance.” She asked if he “would abolish the Constitution of the German Republic?” He answered thusly, “I will be legally elected.” And then detailed how he would take apart the whole Constitutional framework. He would found an authoritarian state.
Thompson did not believe he would succeed.
“Imagine a would-be dictator setting out to persuade a sovereign people to vote away their rights,” she wrote in apparent astonishment.
We never thought it possible. Led to the slaughter by the price of Coca Cola at Walmart. I wish I understood.