<p>For many years now, the media and general population has loved making comparisons between Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler.&nbsp;On the one hand, the comparison seems odd – Hitler was a mass murderer and the architect of the most devastating genocide the world has ever seen; Donald Trump has committed no genocide.&nbsp;On the other hand, both are extreme political figures who each galvanized large segments of the population to rise to power.&nbsp;For those who deplore Trump, it is perhaps a political strategy to compare him to Hitler, to scare people into thinking that if he is allowed back into power, he will pose the same risks to humanity as Hitler did.&nbsp;Yet beyond such conjecture, perhaps there are similarities between these two figures that can teach us important lessons, and help guide us moving forward, as America gears up for its next presidential election. Professor Henk de Berg joins the podcast. </p><br><p>Check out Henk's book, <strong>'Trump and Hitler: A Comparative Study in Lying', </strong> at '<a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-51833-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-51833-1</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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258. Hitler and Trump - A Comparison

OCT 15, 202454 MIN
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258. Hitler and Trump - A Comparison

OCT 15, 202454 MIN

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<p>For many years now, the media and general population has loved making comparisons between Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler.&nbsp;On the one hand, the comparison seems odd – Hitler was a mass murderer and the architect of the most devastating genocide the world has ever seen; Donald Trump has committed no genocide.&nbsp;On the other hand, both are extreme political figures who each galvanized large segments of the population to rise to power.&nbsp;For those who deplore Trump, it is perhaps a political strategy to compare him to Hitler, to scare people into thinking that if he is allowed back into power, he will pose the same risks to humanity as Hitler did.&nbsp;Yet beyond such conjecture, perhaps there are similarities between these two figures that can teach us important lessons, and help guide us moving forward, as America gears up for its next presidential election. Professor Henk de Berg joins the podcast. </p><br><p>Check out Henk's book, <strong>'Trump and Hitler: A Comparative Study in Lying', </strong> at '<a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-51833-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-51833-1</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>