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Hitler, Racism & In The Blood

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Adolf Hitler’s conception of the Jew and the effects of that cultural contagion upon the German volk was pretty crazy. His idea of the negative reach of this Jew problem included almost everything he considered weak and non-German. Christianity and the church were at their root part of the Jew influence in Hitler’s view. Bolshevism was a Jewish conspiracy in Hitler’s mind too. Hitler’s idealised conception of what it meant to be a pure Aryan German was located in the blood in his pseudo-scientific belief about this. Eugenics was all the rage in the 1920s and 30s. Social Darwinism was a part of this pop cultural misunderstanding of the emerging biological information coming to the fore. Hitler, racism and in the blood. The German medical and scientific establishment were proponents of ideas about selective breeding and culling of perceived bad stock. So, were many doctors and scientists in Europe and the United States. The human beings they called Negroes were considered lesser than those classified as Caucasians, as were Asians and others with different coloured skin tones. Nazism was not alone in its hierarchical judgements and evaluations of human beings. The fact that under the Nazi regime these German doctors and nurses would oversee the state sponsored murders and sterilisations of hundreds of thousands of disabled and mentally deficient human beings from 1933 to 1945 is the key difference. The Nazi gas chambers would cut their teeth on this early work of the Third Reich. Diesel, a French/German invention, would play a role in this killing machine.Continue Reading

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Government By Autocrat Is Far Worse Than The Alternative

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It is patently obvious that government by autocrat is far worse than the alternative. Even those of us largely ignorant to this kind of history would be familiar with the excesses of Hitler, Stalin and Mao. Too much individual power, most often, results in murderous results. And now we have Trump. A president who rules by decree and has little need for congressional support. The right wing narrative has been one of embracing the strongman leader. I mean, whoever thought that re-electing Donald Trump to a second term in office was a good idea must have rocks in his or her head. The abuse of power is worse via the tyrant than the committee.Continue Reading

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The Real History Of Australia

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By Australia I refer to the European colonisation of this land mass. Terra Australis became Australia in 1817, although it had been referred to as New Holland prior to this by Europeans. The reality of its Indigenous heritage is far older and not the intention of this short essay to cover. It is, however, deserving of a deep respect by all who live here and who choose to visit. The real history of Australia is, then, limited to a more modest time span. It is my suspicion that many Australians are unaware that Australia began its British colonial life as a penal colony.Continue Reading

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The Danger Of Land Ownership

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Land property has become majorly expensive in Australia. The housing shortage crisis has impacted upon prices and land values across the board. Until very recently, property investment in Australia was a rolled gold investment and this has contributed to the sustained growth in prices over many years. The great Australian dream has been narrated around owning your own home and for many this has seemed unaffordable on the basis of the high prices for land and housing. Alan Kohler has shown us that home ownership now demands up to x13 years of average annual incomes in places like Sydney. The danger of land ownership is not only economic, however.Continue Reading

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Open book with text and portrait

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Scientists have revealed the genome of Adolf Hitler, the most reviled man in modern history. Hitler is likely to have had Kallmann syndrome, which points to a micro-penis in his pants. It begs the question did Hitler’s small penis cost millions of lives? How so? The association between physical deformities and killers is well established in criminology studies. The burden of not measuring up in that most sensitive of areas would, in all likelihood, spur a lifetime of resentment. All that angry oration, Hitler was famous for, speaks of overcompensation.Continue Reading

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Humanity Is Not Primarily Interested In Truth Or Factuality

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There are rare exceptions, of course. Humanity is not primarily interested in truth or factuality. How do I know this? The evidence is there for all to see. Most of us prefer to read fiction over non-fiction. It is the same for viewing video/film, with documentaries trailing far behind made up stuff in popularity. In truth, what we call biography/memoir is largely fiction as well. Escapism is what most of us seek from our reading and watching stuff on screens. Many would say to this, I live in the real world and don’t need to be inundated with it in my free time. I hear you. The global success of the Harry Potter books and movies are a testament to this fact. The Christian bible purports to be the biggest seller in the printed books category but, again, I can tell you, as someone who has studied it academically, it is mostly fictional in content. This is why it has been popular, with content including unsubstantiated miracles and historical exaggerations and inventions. Telling a good story was the most important factor for historians and those selling religion in ancient times.Continue Reading

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Trump’s ICE A Threat To Democracy

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If you have ICE, already, targeting brown skinned Americans in Democrat cities, then the next obvious step for the Trump regime will be to do this during elections. American citizens have been beaten up and detained illegally by ICE. If you don’t realise that this will be a huge deterrent to voting for these Americans you are a fool. How would you feel about the possibility of being grabbed off the street and taken away to be locked up in some concentration camp facility wherever? The United States is in the grip of an authoritarian regime committing lawless acts every day. ICE is a paramilitary force targeting brown skinned Americans and progressives. Trump’s ICE a threat to democracy.Continue Reading

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Under Trump The South Rides Again

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Much of what President Donald Trump is doing is not new in United States’ terms. Indeed, you can categorise it as another chapter in the South vs North civil war. Remember what flags flew in the hands of the January 6 violent protesters as they broke into the Capitol. The stars and bars were proudly displayed numerous times on that day. Under Trump the South rides again. Armed militia claiming to be patriots smashed up property and bashed in the heads of police protecting Congress. The Trump revisionism of that day cannot truly hide the scars and deaths incurred on that rebellious occasion. Presidential pardons cannot rewrite history, no matter the lies and bluster.Continue Reading

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The Hole At The Centre Of American Justice

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There is a story about the Lincoln assassination, which, in my view, epitomises American culture. The assassin of President Abraham Lincoln was one John Wilkes Booth. Booth was an actor and, whilst not top shelf, he was well known. After shooting the President in the back of the head, while Lincoln was watching a play at the theatre, Booth made his escape. He reached a bridge on horseback, which was necessary for him to cross on his way to Maryland. The bridge was being guarded by a Union soldier, due to there being a nighttime curfew in place. The story goes that initial denials of passage were overcome in order to please the celebrity status of the stage actor. This encapsulates the hole at the centre of American justice, when it comes to celebrity, wealth and power.Continue Reading

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a sticker on the side of a pole that says curb your antisemit

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Christianity, for those unaware of its roots, is a franchise extension of Judaism; as is Islam by the way. The same cast of characters in many places turn up at the heart of these stories. Yes, Christianity is a franchise extension of Judaism. And they are stories, folks, because I spent many years studying ancient history and the actual evidence for much of their claims is slight to none. Collective narratives, however, can be mighty powerful things. Judaism predates Christianity by some 1500 years, so that story was very well established within its geographical region. It makes logical sense when you are inventing something new, like Christianity, to establish credibility by tacking it onto a well known backstory like the Jewish faith.Continue Reading