Donald Trump and The Big Lie
How Donald Trump Uses The Adolph Hitler Playbook To Divide America
It frightens me how well Donald Trump uses the technique of the Big Lie to sow division and discord among us. Because I’m old enough to remember well who invented the Big Lie and how he used it to kill millions and to tear a continent apart.
Adolph Hitler was the chief theorist of the Big Lie. Listen to him as he explains how it works;
“… in the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility; because the broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods”…
People noticed what he was doing, of course. During WWII an analyst wrote this about his technique, “His primary rules were;
Never allow the public to cool off
Never admit a fault or wrong
Never concede that there may be some good in your enemy
Never leave room for alternatives
Never accept blame
at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong
The writers concluded; people will believe a Big Lie sooner than a little one, and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it.”
Sound familiar?
OK, so what? Just because there are similarities of approach, it doesn’t mean Trump is actually working from the Hitler playbook. Before we could say that we would need some proof, some direct connection, and lucky for us, there is one. An internet search of the public record reveals evidence that Donald Trump was aware of Hitler’s techniques as far back as 1990. And before you start calling this fake news, these are records of old stories written long before Trump ran for president, back when he was saying, “The press liked me.” Back then, his then-wife Ivana reported that Trump kept Hitler’s speeches in a cabinet by his bedside. And about the same time, Trump told a reporter he had a copy of Mein Kampf (but of course he didn’t admit to inhaling).
I admit to being an old cynic when watching politicians. As a lifelong Chicago Democrat, it’s hard to ignore the performance aspects of the profession. But watching Donald Trump damage and divide our country using the techniques of Adolf Hitler, easily the most evil public liar of the twentieth century, one thing is crystal clear. To support Trump for any reason is to have aligned yourself with a moral monster. He is a hater with no conscience, and an infinite capacity to inflict pain on America. Regardless of your desires or concerns, it is now time to renounce Donald Trump and find someone else who represents your beliefs to carry on the struggle. History is not on your side nor will America be when this is over. It’s time to make up your mind about how you will be remembered.
Update! I wrote this in 2018. In 2020 Trump tried the next move in the Hitler playbook when he conned his followers into storming the halls of congress. I wrote about that as a disagreement in a tough bar. You can read about it here: https://medium.com/stories-ive-been-meanin...

Too bad you don't listen to yourselves. There are no more shameless liars than the subscribers of the "Democrat" Party. Trying to tell us there is 90% support for federalized background checks. Right.