This six part series (Netfix) should be required viewing for
every High School civics/history class. It is a powerful reminder of the evil
that is capable by group think and government. This film proves that anything
is possible if a government becomes too powerful and that even if most people believe
“that can’t happen here”, it can happen anywhere!
It is amazing to me how people dismiss arguments made by
conservatives like me that the government must be held to the constitutional
limits our founders set forth in the law of our land. When people are allowed
to use government as a weapon against individuals it has become too powerful.
What do I mean by a weapon? By taking from one group to give to another group
simply because one group has earned more income, that is a weapon. To give
ambassadorships, contracts, and tax credits to businesses that align with a
politicians views, or people that have donated to a political campaign, you
have a situation where the government becomes a weapon against individual
Americans.
It is a myth to think the Nazi’s aligned more with the
conservative “right wing” than the progressives of today. The Nazis used the
hatred of groups to move their evil intentions forward. The Nazis despised the
individual and used propaganda to rally groups into supporting the most evil
intentions of modern times: the extermination of a race of people. Progressives
today distrust individuals to make the right decisions. They use the government
to silence speech they disagree with and to promote propaganda that entrenches
power in the central government. Progressives use taxation to pit groups
against each other like the “rich” and the “poor.” Leftists believe they need
to control the minds of the children and hate home schooling or any schooling
they can’t control.
When you watch this gut wrenching documentary you can’t help
but keep asking yourself; where was the outrage? Where was the resistance
outside the Jewish community? Where were the individuals speaking out against
all of this evil? The answer becomes painfully clear: no one could believe this
was happening; even the Jews that were the target of the evil. This evil was
perpetuated because people ignored it, and could not believe people could be
that evil or believed the propaganda that it was all the problems were the
fault of the Jews.
Today we have an administration that is rewarding friends
and punishing enemies by using the power of the government. This administration
is spying on Americans and ignoring the 4th amendment. We are seeing
the constant vilification of conservative groups for resisting the expansion of
bureaucratic and political power and using the IRS to target them. There is a
constant drum of envy, jealousy, and demonization of the “rich.” We have the
media unwilling to question the policies or corruption of this administration.
There is a constant assault on the 2nd amendment and a blatant
attempt to disarm law abiding citizens while ignoring unlawful behavior.
When you pay attention you realize how easily groups of
people can justify almost any behavior. The propaganda is so prevalent it helps
you understand how the former SS agents at Auschwitz could justify their
actions and role in working in “death factories.” It shows you that the human survival mechanism
is so strong it can justify almost any behavior.
The lesson of Auschwitz is that no evil is beyond the human
condition. The only remedy to that is to speak out well before the evil reaches
the point that instills fear or retribution in the good people. The insurance
of a well -armed individual citizenry against the evil of governments must be
maintained. If the Jews had weapons would Hitler have succeeded? The lesson and
the power of our US Constitution that empowers individuals over groups is why
freedom has been so successful here in America. We must keep our eye on every
politician and remain a Constitutional Republic in order to counter the
elements that made Auschwitz a possibility…
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