[Peace-discuss] Hitler

[Bob Illyes]

Thanks for the excellent reference, Mort. As I've said before, the 
left-right distinction is not on a line, but a circle. The Libertarians and 
the anarchist left  are not opposites, but sit near each other on the 
circle. I'm not at all surprised to hear this about Hitler from a Libertarian.

I used to get visits from a Jehovah's Witness who had been in the German 
Army during WW2. I always told him that he couldn't convert me, but that 
I'd be glad to talk with him. He was born in Milwaukee, but during the 
Great Depression his father couldn't find work. His uncle in Germany said 
that there was plenty of work there, so his family returned to Germany. 
This is how a kid from Milwaukee ended up in the German Army on the Russian 
front. In the early days, Hitler did much do combat unemployment. Like many 
of us, Hitler was concerned about the bad effects of international 
capitalism. Unfortunately, there was madness behind his method.

One of the safest places to be in Nazi Germany was in a conventional 
prison. The German justice system continued to function more-or-less as 
before, and the police and the courts would keep you safe. Instead of 
trying to subvert the German justice system, which would have caused a 
massive backlash, the Nazis set up a parallel legal system of "courts" and 
prison camps. That is now happening in the US.

Bob