tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post4499473121068495203..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Do we actually learn from history?Mary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-37914105860679483562013-08-15T19:06:52.798+01:002013-08-15T19:06:52.798+01:00You strike a very valid and timely warning note, t...You strike a very valid and timely warning note, though it has to be said that Hitler's actions against the opposition and those who disagreed with him included murder, abduction, intimidation,and their removal from their jobs wherever possible. I don't like our government and their actions, but I don't myself feel that they match up to the brutality of Nazi Germany (apart from the internment of terrorist suspects without trial, and the suppression of information about what is being done to them. There there is a distinct paralell.) The parallel I would see is rather that with the last years of Weimar Germany, when, to placate voters who were turning to the extremes, due to the collapse, for the second time in ten years or so, of the fragile German economy, the government implemented all kinds of repressive measures, which only legitimated the extremists. Cameron et al, looking over their shoulder at the EDF, UKIP, and the baying hounds of the Daily Mail et al - though as you say, those hounds are taught to bay by the Right..<br />However, we might ask why our US allies have been supporting an illegitimate and brutal government in Egypt, purely because it displaces an Islamic government..Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-55313556349390785262013-08-15T17:53:00.128+01:002013-08-15T17:53:00.128+01:00timely post! I find that the GOP, here in america...timely post! I find that the GOP, here in america, taking up the mantle of fascist thinking. it's getting damned scary if you live in the south. <br />it looks, from the posts, that those that can, will try, in spite of what history has taught us.<br /> we the people, of whatever country you are in, must be vigilant to stop it from happening again. we don't learn from history, it would bee nice if we did.Momma Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03215840942640904965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-73650137598339606242013-08-15T17:26:13.875+01:002013-08-15T17:26:13.875+01:00Timely and scary. Thank you.Timely and scary. Thank you.Mark Burgesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17271587070391155947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-69409955024567260112013-08-15T15:30:21.614+01:002013-08-15T15:30:21.614+01:00Thanks for the great comments. I'm finding it ...Thanks for the great comments. I'm finding it frightening here in the UK and right around Europe, especially Greece, of course. I didn't know about Australia, Sue, although I read recently that UK New Labour based themselves on the Autralian Labour party in shifting to neo-liberal policies. Austerity is so dangerous - and is really just another word for a reditribution of wealth and power to the top. It does begin with us, but it's easy to feel helpless and insignificant in the face of it.Marie-Louise Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006940874591015786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-38518692115730110002013-08-15T11:01:43.517+01:002013-08-15T11:01:43.517+01:00I agree totally. Great post. This scenario happens...I agree totally. Great post. This scenario happens far too often and yet we all let it happen by our complacency. We must always question our leaders of whatever party or mind-set. And everyone should remember that however altruistic politicians begin their journeys to leadership, power DOES corrupt and turn men into monsters. Many freedom fighters end up as the most vicious and repressive dictators. We ordinary folk must not be dazzled by the charismatic narrator. Never again is easy to say but it begins with us.Sally Zigmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07520579251842006765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-44552337154931092762013-08-15T10:25:25.385+01:002013-08-15T10:25:25.385+01:00Happening in Greece right now with Operation Zeus....Happening in Greece right now with Operation Zeus. Frightening stuff.<br />http://thebackbencher.co.uk/operation-zeus/Marie-Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16305065420884420669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-15944658510274748652013-08-15T09:15:03.892+01:002013-08-15T09:15:03.892+01:00Please, Michael Gove, read this - it's exactly...Please, Michael Gove, read this - it's exactly why history is an essential component of the national curriculum.JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-77964000285628603782013-08-15T03:44:41.887+01:002013-08-15T03:44:41.887+01:00Not all, but many of these sound like recent polit...Not all, but many of these sound like recent politics in Austrlia.Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com