Steal, stealing, stolen

Bill Tatro
Dec 06, 2011

It’s almost stunning how history repeats itself. As you study the great empires you get a flavor for their proverbial rise and fall.

There are the obvious, from Rome to the UK, and from Germany to America. However, a deeper study will show that many countries, not empires, that have been quietly taken over result in a complete change of culture and being.

Currently, the rise and fall, as well as the takeover, is being experienced by the U.S. During the 20th century, Russia, China, Japan, and Germany, just to name a few, saw periods of recession and depression that fostered and gave birth to movements that would change the world.

From Communism to Militarism, and Fascism to Nazism, the people were ready for something different.

But the fascinating aspect is those that led the new movement were often promising a return to the glories of the past, an all too familiar charade.

The common thread of takeover was for the middle and upper class to go into denial. How could a little paper-hanger be taken seriously in Germany?

After all, the civilized culture of art, music, and the inter-relationship between Jews and Christians had made the German culture one to be envied and admired.

The business acumen of the Chinese has been world renowned and the prosperity of this Asian form of capitalism could not be questioned, until it was, and a little known cultural leader named Mao enflamed a continent.

The similarities of both were that most people went about their business without speaking out, and firmly believing that “it can’t happen here.â€