When Adolf Hitler took power in 1933, the Nazis controlled less than three percent of Germany’s 4,700 papers.The elimination of the German multi-party political system brought about the demise of hundreds of newspapers produced by outlawed political parties. It also allowed the state to seize the printing plants and equipment of the Communist and Social Democratic Parties, which were often turned over directly to the Nazi Party. In the following months, the Nazis established control or exerted influence over independent press organs.During the first weeks of 1933, the Nazi regime deployed the radio, press, and newsreels to stoke fears of a pending “Communist uprising,” then channeled popular anxieties into political measures that eradicated civil liberties and democracy. SA (Storm Troopers) and members of the Nazi elite paramilitary formation, the SS, took to the streets to brutalize or arrest political opponents and incarcerate them in hastily established detention centers and concentration camps. Nazi thugs broke into opposing political party offices, destroying printing presses and newspapers.
Now that Musk bought Twitter, I need to see if they'll re-enable my "Dolph Hiller" Twitter acct.Of course I had Moe as my avatar.They went nuts day one and banned the acct.
Looks pretty similarhttps://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-press-in-the-third-reich
Yes, true.Hitler exploited a crisis - possibly even a fake crisis. The Reichstag Fire, so he put through the Enabling Act.However, I would argue Germans were under more threat in general over communism than the virus ever posed us.But that said - yeah, same pkaybook.There's actually a recent series narrated by Peter Dinklage on the dictators playback. Like they want to just put it out there.
A short story?
Definitely not a tall order
