The Guardian *10-6-16


The reviewer who tried to trump all Hitler comparisons
Emma Brockes

Mendacious, half-insane, an egomaniac, a demagogue – that’s what they said about the Nazi leader in the 1930s, before his election. Remind you of anyone?



The review extracts from the book the fact that ‘serious politicians in Germany considered Hitler a buffoon and a lightweight’, thus missing the imminent danger.
Photograph: PA/British Pathe PLC



* It didn't work because .. non compos mentis applied to so large a part of the non-voting + voting "citizenry".
Le plus sȃ change ... the Dumbth Factor remains constant in Murica.

..and the word Shame remains a stranger to so large a faction. Still/today. And most likely: Tomorrow.
Odds??