Crystal nights

Via Alice Bachini: A post from The Dissident Frogman on “The Rise of Nazism”.

To me, the rise of Nazism will always evoke gatherings of Socialists and Nationalists, putting aside their differences to unite the forces of their hates of individual liberties at large and the global ambiance of a dark sun rising over a murky dawn: no clearly defined threat - not yet - but a sheaf of gloomy harbingers that makes you wonder what the day will bring.

The rise of Nazism, as seen when it happened, was probably nothing more than uproarious crowds assembling and revolving around negative concepts, and cheering at the harangues of populist speakers. A bit theatrical, a bit violent but so many people found their deceptive ideas so appealing, that the visible violence was probably disregarded or minimized.

Go read the whole thing.