Oh Dear - Sales of Hitler's Mein Kampf soaring

[scooterscot]

If you really think the three are in the same league there is something seriously wrong with you....... oh!

I do suppose we judge by them actions. Over 500,000 people died in Iraq during the Blair years. Libya, we had no business there not the whole of North Africa is a hotbed for extremism (except perhaps for Morocco)

[scooterscot]

Because Thatcher's and Blair's biographies don't contain much, if any, anti-semitism..

Regarding the taboo topic of anti-semitism.... Why does the world stand by when the state of Israeli continues to illegally acquire land and receive support in spades from the US. Russia does the same thing in the Ukraine and folks take umbrage.

Just saying like...

[NickFitz]

But as you can download it for free in many places one does rather wonder why such interest.

Because it's the annotated edition, edited and annotated by Christian Hartmann, Dr. Thomas Vordermayer, Othmar Plöckinger, and Roman Töppel.

According to the Times Literary Supplement (Struggles with Mein Kampf) it's also 2,000 pages long, which is considerably longer than Hitler managed.

I would imagine a fair number of those sales have gone to libraries, academics, and students of history and politics. Oh, and of abnormal psychology

[vetran]

And that's different to the UK's modern day prejudice against eastern Europeans, Muslins how?

It's how it always begins, you've people like Farage stirring up hate and the people lapped it up.

No it begins by the population being made to feel oppressed and unable to control their country. Suppressing wages and opportunities is a good start, historically high levels of immigration so people have someone to hate is a nice touch.

However its unlikely that Farage will be slaughtering anyone by the million. Even Maggie & BLiar would baulk at that.

You know there is a difference between asking "Why do X get a council house before me", "Why do X seem to leave rubbish everywhere when they are moved on from illegally squatting on Land", "Why do the Police believe X nationality are behind 80% of X Crime", "Why does X religion seem to breed Suicide Bombers" and condoning Genocide?

[d000hg]

85,000 copies sold to a population of 80 million - and that's assuming all copies were bought within Germany. Not really "soaring", is it?

I'm sure Sasguru can explain the statistics to you...

[vetran]

Regarding the taboo topic of anti-semitism.... Why does the world stand by when the state of Israeli continues to illegally acquire land and receive support in spades from the US. Russia does the same thing in the Ukraine and folks take umbrage.

Just saying like...

apparently the UN will do something about it

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...ements-in-opt/

feel sorry for both sides one lot currently owned the land the other lot were given it when chased out of Europe like they were chased off the land before according to the good book.

Pity they hate each other so completely and all because of religion.

[NotAllThere]

Why is this any different to sales of Thachter's or Blair's biography?

Because Thatcher's and Blair's autobiography don't contain anti-semitism.

And that's different to the UK's modern day prejudice against eastern Europeans, Muslins how?...

Anti-semitism is a subset of racism and xenophobia. So at core, there is no difference. You may recall that Hitler considered the Slavs to be inferior to Aryans. If you know any history, you'll be aware that the Eastern Europeans were not treated terribly well by the Germans.

Thatcher's and Blair's autobiographies also do not contain much in the way of racism, unlike Mein Kampf.

Are you now clear on the difference between Hitler's Mein Kampf and Thatcher and Blair's biographies?

[d000hg]

Blair and Thatcher's biographies were not self-titled unless they were autobiographies; that would then be another major difference

[xoggoth]

He was one of the major influences of the last century. Doubt everyone buying MK is a neo-Nazi, most will probably just be interested in history. Programs about Hitler frequently feature on TV.

I've got books about Alistair Crowley, doesn't make me a Satanist.

PS I am a Satanist obviously, but having the books does not make me one.

[scooterscot]

Are you now clear on the difference between Hitler's Mein Kampf and Thatcher and Blair's biographies?

No because I haven't read them.