re: #179 Kenneth

The demographics of who joined the Nazi Party after 1933 is very revealing. Lapsed Protestants were more likely to join than practicing Catholics. University students & graduates joined in droves. Professionals such as journalists, lawyers, doctors, accountants and artists joined. Shop keepers more than farmers or factory workers. The Nazi propaganda was tailored to present the Nazis as modern, progressive & scientific. The anti-Jewish hatred was focused on race, not religion, and included many pseudo-scientific arguments about eugenics.

This seems partly to ring true for the French Revolution and the Russian Revolution as well. That certain sections of society seemed all too willing to engage in the violence. All the participants needed was the excuse to shed all restraints of a civil society which was supplied by the propagandists and firebrands. Every aspect was tailored made for the desired effect.