Members RA1 Posted May 14, 2014 Members Posted May 14, 2014 I knew what is was as soon as it flashed to the Aryan Hitler Youth singing. How many can resist strong nationalistic appeals + political promises to make things better when they are VERY bad? Americans and all others give in to this sort of thing every day and every generation. Is someone knows a realistic answer, to quote Ross Perot, I am all ears. Best regards, RA1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted May 14, 2014 Author Posted May 14, 2014 "Do you still think you can control them?" Quote
Members MsGuy Posted May 14, 2014 Members Posted May 14, 2014 Human beings are genetically programmed for group bonding in difficult circumstances. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=CripLDmoSCg Same song, different verse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=VcMk85ZsBh0 That the first clip is spun to be perceived by Americans as delusional and manipulative and the second is meant to allow a German General to say for us what is in the hearts of our own 'band of brothers'. But does Band of Brothers manipulate our predisposition to bonding any less than the two German songs? AdamSmith 1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted May 14, 2014 Author Posted May 14, 2014 I know people individually in Huntsville who welcomed and still hold close in heart the dear Dr Von Braun. Quote
Guest PasadenaCA Posted May 15, 2014 Posted May 15, 2014 I know people individually in Huntsville who welcomed and still hold close in heart the dear Dr Von Braun. They're terrified of him; sure, they all went to the funeral, but they're still not convinced! Quote
Members RA1 Posted May 15, 2014 Members Posted May 15, 2014 Who can know what really went on in the mind of Herr Doktor? Without a doubt he helped Nazi Germany with their rocket program and used slave labor while doing so. However, what his ideological and political state of mind really was likely can only be known for sure by him. Did he have a complete "change of heart" when he went to work for us? We never would have gone to the moon or certainly not as soon as we did without the group of German rocket scientists who lived in HSV and thought it reminded them of Germany. Our Germans were better than the USSR's Germans. Best regards, RA1 HSV=Huntsville, AL Quote
Guest PasadenaCA Posted May 21, 2014 Posted May 21, 2014 I think he just wanted to launch rockets and likely thought that this ambition trumped everything else. Quote
Members RA1 Posted May 21, 2014 Members Posted May 21, 2014 That would be the "traditional" scientific approach. Science first, all else a distant second. Best regards, RA1 Quote
Guest PasadenaCA Posted May 21, 2014 Posted May 21, 2014 That would be the "traditional" scientific approach. Science first, all else a distant second. Best regards, RA1 What "all else"? Quote
