2017年2月5日 星期日

prescient, “Munich Post”

Thank you, J.K. Rowling, for sharing our piece: Ron Rosenbaum, world-class expert on the rise of Hitler, refused to write about Trump for months. Until now.

Ron Rosenbaum on what the media can learn from the prescient "Munich…
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"Trump and his minions are in the driver’s seat, attempting to pose as respectable participants in American politics, when their views come out of a playbook written in German. Now is the time for a much closer inspection of the tactics and strategy that brought off this spectacular distortion of American values. What I want to suggest an actual comparison with Hitler that deserves thought. It’s what you might call the secret technique, a kind of rhetorical control that both Hitler and Trump used on their opponents, especially the media. And they’re not joking. [...] The playbook is 'Mein Kampf'."


Münchener Post - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Münchener_Post
The Münchener Post (Engl. Munich Post) was a socialist newspaper published in Munich, Germany, from 1888 to 1933. The paper was notable for its ...


prescient
ˈprɛsɪənt/
adjective
  1. having or showing knowledge of events before they take place.
    "a prescient warning"

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