For as long as I’ve been writing and talking about the state of things, I’ve marveled at how casually folks toss around references to Hitler and the Nazis.
For starters, these entities are presented as the blueprint of evil. Still, no one wants to acknowledge how The Home of the Brave™ (and the banks and corporations who own it) openly supported Hitler’s rise and expressed little concern about fascism and genocide.
This old post of mine offers an abundance of evidence:
Besides that telling reality, every time “God’s country” wants to work up enthusiasm for a profitable military intervention, someone is inevitably compared to Hitler.
From Saddam Hussein to Vladimir Putin and far beyond, this all-purpose label never fails to:
Make the billionaires richer
Cause countless deaths
Further divide the populace
The lazy tropes have been in place for over eight decades and show no sign of slowing down.
Meanwhile, when we mindlessly play into it, we absolve most of today’s evildoers because they don’t fit the profile (or remain mostly invisible). They deftly redirect our anger toward simplistic, cartoon-like imagery and continue performing their diabolical deeds in plain sight.
Evil is real, folks, but it rarely resembles something from a Hollywood movie. Evil seldom aligns with the programmed imagery of slick political campaigns.
As long as we delegate our powers of critical thought to others, we remain complicit with the enemy.
Don’t let evil define itself for you.
When scrolling Substack, FB, X, etc.: “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits.” (Matthew 7:15)
When we have eyes to see and ears to hear, however, the wicked will be obvious and fall into their own nets:
And never forget:
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