Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-27547895-20160201202203/@comment-27547895-20160209224729

NervousShipper wrote: " I could also explain how rough times cause people to support extremities. Such as how Hitler had so much support due to the condition of Germany after WWI. " Are you saying that Americans of today aren't better than the Germans during the Nazi era? Hmm. I think you're twisting my words a bit, but I'll answer to the best of my ability.

I think that our society as a whole is less bigoted and perhaps even superior in many ways.

While more technologically advanced and more educated as a whole, I doubt that those in power here and now are much, if any, more educated than those who were in power during that period.

As far as the quality of human, how we think, and how we react to pressure... no, we're no different than the Germans at that time. Pressure and discontent will cause many to support more extreme positions. Those extreme positions may be different than what was considered extreme during the rise of Nazi Germany.... but the reaction is the same. Many see extremes as a salvation, when it is actually just a shift from a certain set of problems to a new set of possibly worse problems.