Propaganda machines in all totalitarian countries habitually depict the dictator as the saviour of his people from some danger real, or more usually imaginary, and as the man of action who decides what is best for his country with clarity of mind and singleness of purpose, and can always rely on his orders being carried out with devotion and meticulous care by an army of well-disciplined robots. So it was with Hitler.
From, Hitler: A Study in Personality and Politics, by William Carr (1978).
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President Trump, for four years, we’ve had to live with you and your racist attacks on Black people. We learned early about your sexist attitudes towards women. We’ve had to endure clips of you mocking a disabled man. We’ve had to listen to your anti-democratic attacks on journalists. We’ve read your tweets slamming private citizens to the point of receiving death threats, and we’ve listened to your attacks on immigrants. We’ve listened to you label Mexicans rapists. We’ve had heard you say that John McCain wasn’t a hero because he was a prisoner of war. And now you’re attacking Democratic mayors in the very institutions of democracy that have served this nation well since its founding.
Then do you seriously wonder, Mr. President, why this is the first time in decades that America has seen this level of violence?
It’s you who have created the hate and the division.
It’s you who have not found a way to say the names of Black people killed by police officers, even as people in law enforcement have, and it’s you who claimed that white supremacists are good people.
Your campaign of fear is as anti-democratic as anything you have done to create hate and vitriol in our beautiful country.
You’ve tried to divide us more than any other figure in modern history, and now you want me to stop the violence that you helped create.
Ted Wheeler, Mayor, Portland
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