He was successful in making these groups scapegoats responsible for all of Germanys economic and social ills. Just as some today try to divide. demonize. and scapegoat. Hitler managed to unite his people through their hatred of common enemies. Too often today. the solution to our problems seems to be to blame someone elsethe poor. minorities. immigrants. and bureaucrats. The politics of blame is a basic tactic of those who preach intolerance and division. whether on the left or right. Hitler was perhaps historys most terrible and tragic example of what can result when the politics of blame and hate are allowed to fester and grow.
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