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  • The concentration camp was never the normal condition for the average gentile German. Unless one were Jewish, or poor and unemployed, or of active leftist persuasion or otherwise openly anti-Nazi, Germany from 1933 until well into the war was not a nightmarish place. All the “good Germans” had to do was obey the law, pay their taxes, give their sons to the army, avoid any sign of political heterodoxy, and look the other way when unions were busted and troublesome people disappeared.

    Since many “middle Americans” already obey the law, pay their taxes, give their sons to the army, are themselves distrustful of political heterodoxy, and applaud when unions are broken and troublesome people are disposed of, they probably could live without too much personal torment in a fascist state — some of them certainly seem eager to do so.

    - Michael Parenti. (1996). Fascism in a Pinstriped Suit









  • You pretty much always have to waive that right in order to do anything more than accept the first plea bargain in a case. Even negotiating for a better plea they make you waive it, because everything takes so long. Took me like almost a year of pre-trial supervision before we finally reached a plea I felt I could take. I did fuck up though, so I definitely wasn’t going to take it to trial if I could avoid it. I can’t imagine how horrid the process is for those innocent or being charged with ridiculous charges. It was bad enough living in that hell knowing that I’d fucked up and deserved some sort of justice applied against me. Thankfully I pulled my head out of my ass, sobered up, and funny enough, once I wasn’t drunk all the time, my left leanings came flooding back in a wave of memories as I could think again and I went even further left than I was before I got pulled into hedonism.