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| I watched a Hitler Channel piece on
the SS recently, and a narrative about Ernst Röhm, leader of Hitler's
brown shirt thugs, still resonates. After his failed beer hall
putsch, where several of his followers were gunned down, Hitler came to
a parting of the way with Röhm, who was all about thuggery.
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"Hitler
realized that street violence was not going to work, and decided that
the best way to achieve his goals was through political success, where
he could tear the system down from within." [memory quote]
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| I know many of you have heard this
before, and the tactic was openly advocated by the 60's radicals, like
Mark Rudd, Bill Ayers, etc., but it has some additional poignancy for
me now. |
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