Not a big CNN fan, but this is a very well-done dissection.

  • resin85@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    His primary rules were: never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it.

    “A psychological analysis of Adolph Hitler: His Life and Legend” - Walter C. Langer