It seems to be a pitfall of the thinking “it can’t happen here.”

  • Strider@lemmy.world
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    As a German, on the contrary, it was blindingly obvious. Starting with your massive(ly overblown) patriotism. No insult intended.

    • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Yeah, as an Australian, when I learnt as a teen that they do the “pledge of allegiance” everyday in school, I kind of wondered how easy it would be to hijack that into something evil.