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Stay alert, ye nameless, toiling animals

26 March 2007 in History, Human Nature, Politics by Stilgherrian | 4 comments

Hindsight is wonderful. When we look back at, say, World War II, TV documentaries cover the rise of Hitler in a few minutes. It’s easy to forget that Hitler was head of the National Socialist Party from 1921, fully 12 years before he became Chancellor in 1933. And it was another 6 years before WWII officially kicked off with the invasion of Poland.

I’ve often wondered what that all looked like for people living it in real-time. And oddly enough, three articles in the Sydney Morning Herald this weekend got me thinking about how that relates to the big global issues today.

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The Pointlessness of Satire

10 February 2007 in Humour, Politics by Stilgherrian | 3 comments

That great satirist Peter Cook was once asked if he thought that satire had a political effect. He said:

Absolutely. The greatest satire of the twentieth century was the Weimar cabaret, and they stopped Hitler in his tracks.

Attributed to Stephen Colbert, in a Rolling Stone interview, thanks to Blog Them Out of the Stone Age.

Cats that look like Hitler

10 July 2006 in Internet by Stilgherrian | 1 comment

This week’s website which simply had to exist: Cats that look like Hitler. (Courtesy of Tim Bray.)