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If you lived in 1938 Germany...[W:104]

How do you believe you would have reacted to Jewish persecution?

  • I would have supported it fully and openly.

    Votes: 1 2.1%

  • I would have fallen in line and said nothing.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I would have said nothing openly, but not actively supported it.

    Votes: 2 4.3%

  • I would have passively resisted.

    Votes: 16 34.0%

  • I would have openly resisted and been outspoken against it.

    Votes: 5 10.6%

  • I would have been willing to put myself physically in harms way to protect them.

    Votes: 6 12.8%

  • I like to think I would have done #4 thru #6, but probably would have done #2 or #3.

    Votes: 17 36.2%
  • Total voters
    47
Would've depended on my family. In this reality, I'm of mixed descent; I can pass for white, but a lot of my family can't. If me and my family existed in 1930's Germany, I'd be trying to get my family out of there as quickly as possible-- unless one of my close kin gets killed, in which get case I get myself killed seeking revenge. If me and my family were lily-white standard-issue Deutschevolk, I'd probably go along to get along or even participate enthusiastically in order to get ahead. Being honest with myself, I probably would have gone along with a number of atrocities; I'm not burdened by an overabundance of conscience and even today I consider Nazism the lesser evil compared to the Soviets and international socialism.

In the end, though, I'd have probably ended up being executed anyway-- either for resisting the regime or being a part of it, or simply for coming down on the wrong side of some infighting. I just don't have the good sense to know when to keep my head down and my mouth shut.
 
earthworm said:
Obviously, Max, you are not "most people", but "superior".
So then, what would you have done back in 1938 ?
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I did not vote. I wrote the reason I did not.

I didn't say I am superior, but if you feel so based on previous discussions, then thanks :mrgreen:
 
earthworm said:
Don't forget about the power of propaganda; we have some of this (radio extremists), Germany had a ton , I think, everywhere...
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I think the NAZIs would be pretty impressed with what we have managed in this regard, today.

Imagine a whole society living entirely within a "box" mindset, where they are completely unable to think outside the box. Now that would be tragic, but accomplishable in todays world.
 
radcen said:
A little-known fact.



This is true, but it is also the easy answer. This also sidesteps the fact that many people today place blame on those who did nothing to stop it.
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The easy answer is saying you would resist. Completely uncontroversial and based on absolutely no evidence.
 
Korimyr the Rat said:
Would've depended on my family. In this reality, I'm of mixed descent; I can pass for white, but a lot of my family can't. If me and my family existed in 1930's Germany, I'd be trying to get my family out of there as quickly as possible-- unless one of my close kin gets killed, in which get case I get myself killed seeking revenge. If me and my family were lily-white standard-issue Deutschevolk, I'd probably go along to get along or even participate enthusiastically in order to get ahead. Being honest with myself, I probably would have gone along with a number of atrocities; I'm not burdened by an overabundance of conscience and even today I consider Nazism the lesser evil compared to the Soviets and international socialism.

In the end, though, I'd have probably ended up being executed anyway-- either for resisting the regime or being a part of it, or simply for coming down on the wrong side of some infighting. I just don't have the good sense to know when to keep my head down and my mouth shut.
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I wish we had met July 18th when I came to Cheyenne looking to for something to do. I was on my motorycle and saw the big locomotive while hitting a few bars. Just did not find anything to keep us there very long so we headed back to Fort Collins as the eye candy and bars are plentiful there.
 
Rocketman said:
I wish we had met July 18th when I came to Cheyenne looking to for something to do. I was on my motorycle and saw the big locomotive while hitting a few bars. Just did not find anything to keep us there very long so we headed back to Fort Collins as the eye candy and bars are plentiful there.
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Drop me a line next time you're passing through.
 
mbig said:
I'm Jewish I would have also Left as my Grandparents fled Russia's pogroms around the time of the Revolution .

And the OP is one of the main reasons I support the Second Amendment.
If Every Jewish arrest/round up had taken a Nazi or two, it would have cost them grievously.
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Wow. That's an interesting perspective on the 2nd Amendment. I've never heard that.
 
I would have passively resisted in that I would have secretly done things with covert groups to thwart the Nazi's plans to exterminate the Jews. I have a family to take care of and wouldn't have wanted to leave them to the Nazis had I openly resisted and been killed. This just goes to show that even though our country seems to be falling apart and is in political gridlock, it could be worse.
 
Korimyr the Rat said:
Drop me a line next time you're passing through.
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I probably will die before we come back to that area unless if it for Kalispell. We live 1100+ miles away. IT was a interesting day town. We went to Laramie earlier that week as well.
 
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