[TheForge] TheForge Digest, Vol 106, Issue 24

[Dave Mudge]

Is this conversation getting a little too heavy for this forum?
Let's stick to metal and art and such and take politics somewhere else, ok?
love & peace,
your list mom,
dave

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 9:53 PM, Andy Gladish <anjgladish at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yeah, every time I hear folks who long for a "strong, charismatic leader"
> it gives me the chills.
> On a somewhat related note, I keep meeting the most wonderful Iranians,
> and
> I finally asked a buddy of mine who lives on the Arabian Peninsula why,
> when we're so much alike, their government is so hostile. He just shook
> his
> head and said, They don't get to choose who governs the country.
>
> >
> > Heh... well, Hitler may have been a political genius at the art of
> > demagoguery, but he was a moron in terms of broader political strategy,
> > not to mention that of the military.  Had he any brains there
> > whatsoever, he would have "cleaned up" his Germany and been content...
> > though I suppose the argument could be made that the situation with
> > international banking would have driven him to war sooner or later.
> >
> > Andy Gladish, Element Fe Metal Studio
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