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Following someone else’s lead, I decided to spend this week reading my (barely touched) copy of Adolf Hitler’s bestselling autobiography ‘Mein Kampf’.
Firstly, I can tell you that reading this book in Starbucks attracts a lot of unwanted attention. Secondly, I don’t think I’ve ever read a more poorly written book in my life.
I expected nothing else, of course, and in the introduction (I was reading the Picarus edition), the translator even forewarns the reader that the book is quite laborious and difficult to finish. Hitler’s sentences ‘lack rhythm and poetry’. He stresses the wrong words, leads with the wrong phrases and finishes without conclusions.
The attempts at scientific comment in particular, amount to ranting ignorance.
Here is a representative paragraph:
“Whenever Aryans have mingled their blood with that of an inferior race the result has been the downfall of the people who were the standard-bearers of a higher culture. In North America, where the population is prevalently Teutonic, and where those elements intermingled with the inferior race only to a very small degree, we have a quality of mankind and a civilization which are different from those of Central and South America. In these latter countries the immigrants – who mainly belonged to the Latin races – mated with the aborigines, sometimes to a very large extent indeed. In this case we have a clear and decisive example of the effect produced by the mixture of races. But in North America the Teutonic element, which has kept its racial stock pure and did not mix it with any other racial stock, has come to dominate the American Continent and will remain master of it as long as that element does not fall a victim to the habit of adulterating its blood.”
This kind of rambling pub philosophy takes up a good third of the book. The other two thirds are tedious (and often phoney) recollections of childhood and youth.
Still, as with any book of this length, there are occasional flashes of truth, and occasionally, insight. One such moment of clarity is when the Austrian talks about the transient convictions of the general public. About halfway through, the budding despot complains that after a rally in which the audience seemingly accepted his arguments, it would take only a few days for that same crowd to applaud an opposing thesis.
This is (sadly) all too accurate and the process can be observed in any democratic society. Just watch an episode of Question Time to see how fickle the modern crowd can be.
As regards this volume in general, it’s an agonising shame that Europe was once in such a low mood that it accepted this drivel as profound.
D, LDN.
Defend the Modern World 
Hitler was not an European, but rather a uniquely German nationalist phenomenon.
But, at the same time, his extreme racist ideology was just an exaggeration of the casual racism that was prevalent throughout the world, and still prevalent in the non-western world, particularly in the far-east and the middle-east. Also South Asia. You could even say that the Indian caste system had its origins in a form of ancient racism. In fact, many of the leading Nazis were inspired by the Indian caste system and were complimentary of it.
And, like you mentioned, many of his thoughts may be drivel and amateurish, but, the same time he had profound insights into human nature and the nature of politics of his time. In his own way, he was a genius. That’s what made him so dangerous.
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Take your time to understand Mein kampf , particularly where Hitler understood how to manipulate and control people/crowds.
Always good so you can recognize and more particularly put your finger on what is being done.
Looking forward to how you understand the book as often you have a good perspective that summarizes issues well, or at least I relate well to how you put things
I do not want to confuse you so maybe another time to read below.
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Tactics of the Left
Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals
Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have
Never go outside the experience of your people.
Whenever possible, go outside the experience of the enemy.
Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.
Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon
A good tactic is one your people enjoy.
A tactic that drags on for too long becomes a drag.
Use different tactics and actions and use all events of the period.
The threat is more terrifying than the thing itself.
Maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition.
If you push a negative hard and deep enough, it will break through into its counterside.
The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative.
Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, polarize it.
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Moscow Rules
via the International Spy Museum
Assume nothing.
Never go against your gut.
Everyone is potentially under opposition control.
Don’t look back; you are never completely alone.
Go with the flow, blend in.
Vary your pattern and stay within your cover.
Lull them into a sense of complacency.
Don’t harass the opposition.
Pick the time and place for action.
Keep your options open.
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Rules of Disinformation
via Proparanoid
Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil
Become incredulous and indignant
Create rumor mongers
Use a straw man
Sidetrack opponents with name calling, ridicule
Hit and Run
Question motives
Invoke authority
Play Dumb
Associate opponent charges with old news
Establish and rely upon fall-back positions
Enigmas have no solution
Alice in Wonderland Logic
Demand complete solutions
Fit the facts to alternate conclusions
Vanish evidence and witnesses
Change the subject
Emotionalize, antagonize, and goad
Ignore facts, demand impossible proofs
False evidence
Call a Grand Jury, Special Prosecutor
Manufacture a new truth
Create bigger distractions
Silence critics
Vanish
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Remus’s antidote: tell the truth as plainly as you can. Humor helps.
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The Five Stages of Collapse
Dmitry Orlov
Financial Collapse. Faith in “business as usual” is lost.
Commercial Collapse. Faith that “the market shall provide” is lost.
Political Collapse. Faith that “the government will take care of you” is lost.
Social Collapse. Faith that “your people will take care of you” is lost.
Cultural Collapse. Faith in the goodness of humanity is lost.
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The Psychology of Cyber Attacks
Robert Cialdini
via securityintelligence.com
Principle of Liking – people tend to form trust with those they’re attracted to, both physically and emotionally
Social Proof – People are motivated more by what others do than a perceived or even quantifiable benefit
Rule of Reciprocation – Humans feel a sense of obligatory quid pro quo
Commitment & Consistency – Most people stick with their original decisions despite information that supports changing their course
Principle of Authority – Authority, whether real or perceived, elicits obedience in many people
Principle of Scarcity – People want to be included in exclusive offers and often make poor choices under pressure
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How to prosecute anybody
Look around for “suspicious” behavior, i.e., behavior on the part of a private citizen that can be made to appear suspicious
Ruthlessly probe every element of the “suspect’s” life, using the effectively infinite resources of the State, until enough “suspicious” behavior has been amassed
Assemble a huge list of charges to place before a grand jury
Present the case in such a fashion as to promote the less plausible accusations and obscure the more plausible ones, thus securing a grab-bag indictment
Offer the indicted person a plea bargain that will spare him centuries in prison and complete pauperization at the bargain price of a few years and/or a few thousand dollars.
Francis Porretto
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Delphi Techniques
Hegelian Dialect
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I am sure there may be more and other versions of these controllers/manipulators.
Information turned to Knowledge will give you a great understanding of what is being used on you, and then how to counteract it.
Important too, never forget that life is to be lived, enjoyed and loved and made the most of.
Simpleton
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