OTR has referenced what he calls the "Weimar Effect" and the 1930s in several posts. Again, those themes appear in two thought provoking posts, The Forgotten Rachels, at Powerline, and It's the Thirties all over again - time to blame the Jews, a Pajamas Media post linked by Instapundit.The rise and celebration of extremism, weak leadership in the face of ominous threats, world-wide economic malaise, emotion outweighing reason, broad interpretation of law and constitutional authority, and anti-Semitism. All of these elements were present in the 1930s and they are with us today. The coincidence bears watching.
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