@#4 ... Yep... giving women the vote... even giving blacks and browns the vote? Big mistakes!
The biggest mistakes may have been Teddy Roosevelt breaking up the Oligarch's Monopolies. How dare he! Putting the People before the very wealthy. Who does that?
And then FDR dares to level the playing field just a bit by actually taxing millionaires. Who does he think he is? ...
Depeche Mode - People Are People (1984)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt ...
genius.com
...
People are people, so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully?
People are people, so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully?
[Verse 1: Dave Gahan]
So we're different colours and we're different creeds
And different people have different needs
It's obvious you hate me, though I've done nothing wrong
I've never even met you, so what could I have done?
[Pre-Chorus: Martin L. Gore]
I can't understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand
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The role of the conservative elite in the Nazi rise to power
www.theholocaustexplained.org
... The conservative elite were the old ruling class and new business class in Weimar Germany. Throughout the 1920s they became increasingly frustrated with the Weimar Republic's continuing economic and political instability, their lack of real power and the rise of communism. They believed that a return to authoritarian rule was the only stable future for Germany which would protect their power and money.
The first move towards this desired authoritarian rule was Hindenburg's increasing use of Article 48 . Between 1925-1931 Article 48 was used a total of 16 times. In 1931 alone this rose to 42 uses, in comparison to only 35 Reichstag laws being passed in the same year. In 1932, Article 48 was used 58 times.
The conservative elite's second move towards authoritarian rule was helping the Nazi Party to gain power. The conservative elite and the Nazi Party had a common enemy -- the political left . ...
@#30 ... tRump is a ------ ...
Calm down.
Pres Trump is, imo, a clueless transactional-based bigoted megalomaniac who wants to turn the Country into a dictatorship.
But a ------?
I'd disagree, mostly.
On the other hand, I say "mostly" because of the apparent extreme fascination with the Village People. Back in the day ... well this is what was written...
"YMCA" Village People (late 1970's)
www.superseventies.com
... French composer-producer Jacques Morali came to the United States as the winner of a 20th Century-Fox slogan contest. While in New York, he attended a costume ball at Les Mouches, a gay disco in Greenwich Village. As he gazed around the room, Morali was impressed by all the "macho male stereotypes" portrayed by the party guests. The idea came to him: Why not put together a group of singers and dancers, each one playing a different gay fantasy figure?
Felip Rose, a professional dancer, came that night as an American Indian. He was cast as the first "image." Next came singer Alexander Briley, as the uniformed GI/sailor. Victor Willis, who had been in such Broadway musicals as The Wiz and The River Niger, rounded out the trio as lead singer and lyricist. His role was as the naval commander and part-time policeman.
As all had been recruited from Greenwich Village, Morali decided to call them the Village People.
THE TOP FIVE
Week of February 10, 1979
1. Do Ya Think I'm Sexy
Rod Stewart
2. Y.M.C.A.
Village People
3. Le Freak
Chic
4. A Little More Love
Olivia Newton-John
5. Fire
Pointer Sisters
Their first album, The Village People, was released in 1977 and aimed directly at the gay market. Soon after it hit, auditions were held for three more members. TV actor Randy Jones was hired as a cowboy. Glenn Hughes, a former Brooklyn Battery Tunnel toll collector, came in as a leather-clad biker (a role he played in real life as well, he claimed). And last but not least was David "Scar" Hodo, the muscular construction worker in mirrored shades. A great lover of bizarre stunts, his passion for roller skating while eating fire had landed him on "What's My Line?"
Looking at that differently, if Pres trump so concerned about how he identifies sexually, that he feels the need to be an uder-macho male assaulting women? I suspect that may be a whole different thread upon itself, though. ...
Their first album, The Village People, was released in 1977 and aimed directly at the gay market.
Hmmm ...