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Hitler on shameless big lies & why good people believe them too readily
When they won’t accept little lies from honest, flawed parties
Human psychology is strange. It is a remarkable, odd thing that Hitler’s Mein Kampf, or “My Struggle,” was published and of course officially sponsored by the Nazis. Despite the Fuehrer’s populist credentials, as hero-savior to make Germany Great Again after the disasters of the Great War and Versailles Treaty, Hitler is remarkably frank in his scorn and contempt for the masses.
These people formed the Nazis’ base. Yet his book, given as a wedding gift after ’33 for true believers, contains detailed prescriptions about how a charismatic Leader with no scruples about telling the truth can lead people by the nose.
Hitler basically gives readers a glimpse behind the curtain. The fascist magican’s conjuring tricks are all explained without guile or shame — down to when to gather people together, especially at the end of the day, so their critical powers are diminished, for instance. Late at night — and after you’ve made them wait, by showing up late — it’s easier to deceive them and whip them up into a frenzy against the designated foes, the elites, the intellectuals, and of course, the Jews.