I think 'Democracy' took a weird turn right after 9/11 and has not been the same since I'm not so naive as to think it was all sunshine and roses prior, but think about it - we've been at war for a solid generation and I think we've become economically addicted to it. What we are seeing is the thinnest veneer over orchestrated bullshit ever.
I am not comparing what's going on to the Nazis in any specific way, but I never really understood the mindset. I've read enough history to have consumed plenty of source material but it all necessarily lacks that visceral feel that only existed at the time, not in dusty books. Compromised press, masses being led willingly in baffling directions, manufactured crisis. I feel as if one big 'Op' has been run on us by our own three letter agencies.