How does a civllzed country go bugshit insane? [View all]

Many who were born in the 20th Century wondered this for years regarding one of Europe's most advanced countries.

Germany was not only socially advanced, but was perhaps one of the most scientifically advanced countries in Europe. My guess is that they led much of the world in citizens who were physicists, mathematicians, and every other branch of science.

Yet, by the 1930's and 1940's, they had turned into the most barbaric country in the world.

I was born at a time when learning history was still respected and permitted. I spent many years wondering what had happened to turn an educated country into such a bestial threat to the entire world.

I don't wonder anymore. America, one of the most highly educated, scientifically oriented, and creator of so much of the arts, could turn into a possible new and improved form of cruelty and self-destruction. How did this happen? The answer is, it was always there. All it needed was a match to ignite the ugliness of humanity that has always existed just below the surface.

Everyone here has watched that happen. Everyone here has seen a madman take control of the levers of power and abuse them. And now, everyone here is watching to see if this madman will, once again, be put into power by a minority of Americans.

Were this to happen, 20th Century Germany may be made to look somewhat benign. Think that can't come to be? I hope that history proves you right and that my opinions are treated as a false alarm.

Nonetheless, keep your passport up to date. And prepare yourself for total hell on Earth if He wins or steals the presidency