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Gotta hold onto that power somehow(lemmy.ml)

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lugal@lemmy.ml
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Hitler was defeated on the market place of ideas

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FaeDrifter@midwest.social
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This ironic statement is what is known as a thought-terminating cliche.

Here is the Wikipedia page so you can learn more: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_cliché

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lugal@lemmy.ml
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Is that so?

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FaeDrifter@midwest.social
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Quite. Obviously Hitler was defeated by the combined military might of the allies.

But the important take-away is not, “violence is always the answer”, the important take-away is, “what socio-economic conditions in Germany lead to a fascist like Hitler rising up to dictator power”.

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