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We’re seeing in the US that majority of the people are being apathetic or ignorant to what is going on as it doesn’t directly affect them, and others are pointing out that we’re on the same route as Germany. Once Hitler seized power and then later when the county split, what was life like for those people that didn’t say or do anything? Assuming they weren’t in a targeted class, did they just go on and live their lives normally? I know there was a drop in the quality of living for them, but did they not know any better? Was it a state of constant fear, or was there “no war in Ba Sing Se”

I’m just curious what majority of the population here would potentially experience.

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[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The sad reality is that although there were some dissenters, the majority of the people in the country supported the Nazis because they actually believed it, they were taken in by the propaganda, which is insidious and ubiquitous. Humans find it easy to hate an out group, forming an in group. Dehumanising others who are different from us is a natural part of human psychology, and it's an achievement that in the modern world we have achieved a widespread morality which is so accepting - although obviously we still have far to go.

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

The "majority" brought the NSDAP to 29% in elections, which was enough for them to take control.