(December 13, 2018 at 7:06 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:I'd call it more of a lesson for his political opponents, because his supporters were probably anti-semites as well. Mein Kampf came out in 1925, so his anti-semitism was already well documented by his own hand.(December 13, 2018 at 5:26 am)Maketakunai Wrote: The inconvenient truth for your case is that Hitler did not intimidate voters directly, only his political opponents. The Nazis were everywhere in Germany kissing babies, handing out balloons with little swastikas on them, marching in parades, etc. winning hearts and minds.
People who tried to shop in Jewish shops were confronted by SA thugs in uniform. Object lesson for potential dissenters.
Hitler was in power from 1933 to 1945. In all that time there were only 5 attempts on his life. One was by a foreign student. One was by a former KDP member. The other 3 were attempts by his own officers in the latter part of WW2. That doesn't like there was a whole lot of dissent...
Bill Clinton had 5 credible attempts on his life in 8 years.
Bush 43 had 2
Not counting silly things like ray guns, Barack Obama was in office 8 years and there were at least 4 serious attempts on his life. People were taking pot shots at the White House.
Donald Trump has been in office less than 2 years and has had 2 attempts on his life.
4 assassination attempts by his own citizens in 22 years doesn't sound like there was much dissent against Hitler at all...