You're far better off reading Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago IMHO. Everyone "knows" about the Nazi concentration camps, but few are aware that the Soviets killed 10x as many people as the Germans--mostly Russian Orthodox Christians. Do you ever ask yourself why that massive disparity in historical knowledge exists?
Can’t disagree with you there. I think the hammer and sickle should be as repulsive as the nazi swastika. I just happened to recently listen to Man’s Search for Meaning and found it gave me hope we could get through this. Gulag Archipelago is on my reading list, but I have heard it’s extremely long and for anyone already awake, could cause more despair than hope. I’m already aware of the dangers of tyranny/communism/socialism, so I don’t need a deeper look into the living hell those people went through. It is, however, vital to understand this very old playbook that was put into action then and now again, so this is not meant to discourage reading that as well. Read both and draw your own conclusions.
And a reminder of how important it is for US to win this fight: The Hope of those few concentration camp survivors was only fulfilled because America and its Allies fought the Nazis, WON, and liberated those still alive in the camps.
Who's going to do that for us?
No one, of course. We win this fight ourselves or freedom is gone from the Earth.
Yes, you’re right. If we compare scenarios, I see normies as the ones imprisoned waiting for slaughter and we are the cavalry we’ve been waiting for. WWG1WGA
HOPE. God has told me over and over that HOPE is the one thing that I cannot let go of. I picture it as a staff, like a walking stick, that I must keep in my grasp and never leave behind. Hope is essential. My Hope is in God.
I think hope is pretty much interchangeable with faith. While I was listening to the resident’s speech, a feeling of despair set in. It took me a little while to reflect and put my faith back in God. I have a sense of peace despite the likelihood of losing my job soon. I know in my heart I’m standing up for the right thing even though it feels like the whole world is against me.
They had work camps and farms, also known as concentration camps. There would be no other logical reason to take troops from the fighting to relocate hundreds of thousands of people hundreds of miles to kill them, when they could have been killed where they already were. Some of the people in the camps died from overwork, under feeding, or disease. They were cremated because of diseases.
6,000,000 is a totally bogus, pulled-from-the-ass figure that one guy made up and everyone else latched on to as fact. Census figures from before the war and after the war show very little change.
The Germans documented every little thing. Yet there is not even a hint of a mass genocide in any captured records. I have looked through reels of microfilmed documents at one of our fine national repository libraries. Most of it was boring. And yes, I studied German in college.
You're far better off reading Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago IMHO. Everyone "knows" about the Nazi concentration camps, but few are aware that the Soviets killed 10x as many people as the Germans--mostly Russian Orthodox Christians. Do you ever ask yourself why that massive disparity in historical knowledge exists?
Can’t disagree with you there. I think the hammer and sickle should be as repulsive as the nazi swastika. I just happened to recently listen to Man’s Search for Meaning and found it gave me hope we could get through this. Gulag Archipelago is on my reading list, but I have heard it’s extremely long and for anyone already awake, could cause more despair than hope. I’m already aware of the dangers of tyranny/communism/socialism, so I don’t need a deeper look into the living hell those people went through. It is, however, vital to understand this very old playbook that was put into action then and now again, so this is not meant to discourage reading that as well. Read both and draw your own conclusions.
Point taken. It is true, Gulag is quite a slog to get through and can definitely be incredibly bleak.
And a reminder of how important it is for US to win this fight: The Hope of those few concentration camp survivors was only fulfilled because America and its Allies fought the Nazis, WON, and liberated those still alive in the camps.
Who's going to do that for us?
No one, of course. We win this fight ourselves or freedom is gone from the Earth.
Yes, you’re right. If we compare scenarios, I see normies as the ones imprisoned waiting for slaughter and we are the cavalry we’ve been waiting for. WWG1WGA
Good way to put it, although if things continue there will be a LOT of patriots imprisoned in camps, probably soon.
That’s why I’m not getting on any trains. I’m not looking for a fight, but if one comes looking for me, I won’t be going anywhere willingly.
Also, this one time at unvaxxed camp…
Ha!
HOPE. God has told me over and over that HOPE is the one thing that I cannot let go of. I picture it as a staff, like a walking stick, that I must keep in my grasp and never leave behind. Hope is essential. My Hope is in God.
I think hope is pretty much interchangeable with faith. While I was listening to the resident’s speech, a feeling of despair set in. It took me a little while to reflect and put my faith back in God. I have a sense of peace despite the likelihood of losing my job soon. I know in my heart I’m standing up for the right thing even though it feels like the whole world is against me.
The book is Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl in case anyone was wondering before clicking the link.
What about that place between hope and despair.
Here's where the 'Nazis didn't have Concentration Camps' pedes come in...
/popcorn at the ready
They had work camps and farms, also known as concentration camps. There would be no other logical reason to take troops from the fighting to relocate hundreds of thousands of people hundreds of miles to kill them, when they could have been killed where they already were. Some of the people in the camps died from overwork, under feeding, or disease. They were cremated because of diseases.
6,000,000 is a totally bogus, pulled-from-the-ass figure that one guy made up and everyone else latched on to as fact. Census figures from before the war and after the war show very little change.
The Germans documented every little thing. Yet there is not even a hint of a mass genocide in any captured records. I have looked through reels of microfilmed documents at one of our fine national repository libraries. Most of it was boring. And yes, I studied German in college.
Holocaust deniers?
👂👂👂