re: #101 Scottish Dragon

The Nazis used false flag incidents, such as posing dead prisoners in fake Polish uniforms and claiming they had attacked a radio station as a Casus belli for the invasion of Poland (The Gleiwitz incident) .

Even if the fire were not a deliberate event (and we will never know for sure one way or the other) the point stands and it is accepted shorthand for “alternative facts” that get used to justify oppression and tyranny.

It’s almost too easy for authoritarians. Bad shit happens every day. They can wait for the next major violent event to take place. Then, if details are vague enough and one known fact comes close to justifying their agenda, they can twist the circumstance to fit. Before the situition is resolved it’s too late. Horse is out of the barn, so they say.