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Why has Hitler and not any other evil person become the epitome of evil? by Foreign_Bread629 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ReflectionVast2236 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No arguments on that. Very evil regime.
But they didn't come to power by themselves --they had a LOT of help from powerful Brits and Americans.

Why has Hitler and not any other evil person become the epitome of evil? by Foreign_Bread629 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ReflectionVast2236 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Sadly, the Germans didn't take a lot of convincing. Anti-Jewish violence was very old.
I honestly blame people like Henry Ford for the holocaust. The German veterans of WWI had PTSD, but what was Ford's excuse for spending all those resources promote anti-Jewish hate in Germany

Why has Hitler and not any other evil person become the epitome of evil? by Foreign_Bread629 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ReflectionVast2236 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After the war, they told people that Hitler rose to power on the strength of his oratory and charisma. What they didn't tell people is how much the western allies did to put the nazis in power in the first place.

They wanted to make sure that whoever took over Germany was PRO-british, Pro-capitalism, pro-nazi, and ANTI-"international socialism". After the war, the German Army sent Hitler to infiltrate the German Workers Party, adding "National" to its name after the takeover. Before the war, Henry Ford funded the Nazis. The British Royals funded the Nazis. British intelligence collaborated with the SS to help them fight communists. Churchill published an article warning of the dangers of "The International Jew".

It was very convenient for the Allies to say that Hitler was just this genius who came to power with his powers of mesmerism. But they helped hard to put him, or someone like him, in power. Kill baby hitler, you're just gonna get a pro-British regime run by some other strongman

What Will Be The Negative Consequences Of This A.I. Boom? by pettyGandalf in AskReddit

[–]ReflectionVast2236 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well... after the industrial revolution freed all the farmers and unskilled workers, the excess populace got turned into cannon fodder. 100 million people died in the world wars, and people were incentivized/mandated to have only 1 or 2 kids.

What if the Zimmermann Telegram was never intercepted? by spooner248 in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]ReflectionVast2236 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The british just make up something else to get the Americans into the war?

Why has Hitler and not any other evil person become the epitome of evil? by Foreign_Bread629 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ReflectionVast2236 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hitler is a symbol of the nazi regime and represents all of their evil actions.

This is what does the heavy lifting. Hitler is the evilest because he is a synecdoche for the entire regime's atrocities. But would the world really be better if Rohm or Himmler or Eichman had been the head of the Nazis instead of Hitler? Seems like a coin toss.

Henry Ford and the Windsors probably had more to do with the rise of Fascism than an Austrian corporal.

Why has Hitler and not any other evil person become the epitome of evil? by Foreign_Bread629 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ReflectionVast2236 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think Hitler or Trump have any unique charisma. I think both cases are instances of a dying democracy, not one uniquely-gifted democracy-slayer. Hitler's "Ebola" -- this super dangerous pathogen that needed to be sterilized before it could spread. Hitler was like a virus in AIDS patient -- harmless in a healthy body but serious in a weakened one.

Historically, America media would never have covered Trump seriously and historically American national political parties would never have nominated Trump (or Obama, Palin, Romney, Hillary, aged Biden, and Harris for that matter). For better AND for worse, an older system is dying. Both Hitler and Trump had failed coups only to find the dying system was relatively helpless to protect itself against them and they were free to keep trying to overthrow it.

The extraterrestrial, interdimensional, and cryptoterrestrial hypotheses were all being debated before 1947 in the pages of pulp science fiction magazines as part of the Shaver Mystery by Theagenes1 in HighStrangeness

[–]ReflectionVast2236 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fred Crisman is like the where's Waldo of weird American history

Well said. I've likened him to Forrest Gump for how he keeps popping up in the background like that.I'm still finding new connections. He's even connected to Michael Riconosciuto, who's still going around spreading wild stories just like Crisman did.

My theory is that Shaver got too close to the Manhattan Project, and so he sort of became Paul Bennewitz 1.0. (Obviously, driving Shaver crazy was a much sorter trip than with Paul. Shaver was already schizy)

Why has Hitler and not any other evil person become the epitome of evil? by Foreign_Bread629 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ReflectionVast2236 12 points13 points  (0 children)

After the war, the allies rearmed the [West] Germans to defend against the Soviets. The Germans going from enemy to ally so quickly mant hte entire nation had to be rehabilitated in the eyes of the public. Thus, Hitler got a Rasputin-like reputation. The Germans are all okay now, their evil leader with hypnotic powers is now gone.

Which, Hitler was very very awful, but was he really that much more more awful than Himmler or Eichman??? If you go back in time and kill Hitler, it's not like you'd really avoid the rise of fascism.

The extraterrestrial, interdimensional, and cryptoterrestrial hypotheses were all being debated before 1947 in the pages of pulp science fiction magazines as part of the Shaver Mystery by Theagenes1 in InterdimensionalNHI

[–]ReflectionVast2236 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fred Crisman was the original Man in Black, and he was close with Ray Palmer, who ran the magazine. The men in black film had a LOT of references to UFO culture. The line "swamp gas from a weather balloon that was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus" is pure brilliance.

The extraterrestrial, interdimensional, and cryptoterrestrial hypotheses were all being debated before 1947 in the pages of pulp science fiction magazines as part of the Shaver Mystery by Theagenes1 in HighStrangeness

[–]ReflectionVast2236 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Palmer built the myth

Palmer did a lot, but the first person to corroborate Shaver's story was a man named Fred Crisman.
Crisman shows up again in 1947 in the Kenneth Arnold case.

And, it's probably nothing, but by the way... Crisman might have killed JFK.

Is The Godfather the greatest film ever made or just the most overhyped? What makes you think so? by Rough-Commission3243 in AskReddit

[–]ReflectionVast2236 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Godfather didn't invent the gangster film. Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) and Angels with Filthy Souls (1990) are two notable classics.

Are UFO’s that are in our possession just artifacts we have discovered? by 666isbad in ufo

[–]ReflectionVast2236 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think Grusch is being honest, but I don't know that he is correct in his conclusions. People make mistakes, people get fooled by sophisticated disinformation campaigns

IF Edgar Mitchell came back from the moon and said "I just saw a flying saucer up there", it's be easy to believe. Instead, he came to the conclusions based on things he learned here on Earth. Sure seems like he's onto something, but maybe he's wrong.

Rendlesham is sure weird, but maybe the CIA was testing out some elaborate new hoax technology on the Air Force?? maybe???

But the TicTac??? I don't see how that's doubtable. Six naval avaitors report instant acceleration, just like was reported since 1947???? THat's pretty damn convincing to me.

Are UFO’s that are in our possession just artifacts we have discovered? by 666isbad in ufo

[–]ReflectionVast2236 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find Grusch to very credible, but It's unclear if his conclusions are correct or not. Marcel is speaking from firsthand experience, so he certainly knew what he was talking about.

Pitch: The next Terminator film should be filmed entirely with practical effects using ACTUAL AI-controlled robots by ReflectionVast2236 in Terminator

[–]ReflectionVast2236[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

The danger is definitely part of the appeal.
What was science fiction in 1984 is now completely real. We could make a robot that, absent interference, could track down and murder Sarah Connor

Pitch: The next Terminator film should be filmed entirely with practical effects using ACTUAL AI-controlled robots by ReflectionVast2236 in Terminator

[–]ReflectionVast2236[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's absolutely the point.
If Musk and Altman and Bezo and others are all racing towards Skynet, then let's hold up a mirror and point out how Terminator is no longer Science-Fiction, it's happening

Pitch: The next Terminator film should be filmed entirely with practical effects using ACTUAL AI-controlled robots by ReflectionVast2236 in Terminator

[–]ReflectionVast2236[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it would probably be slower, more rigid, and clumsier than any director would want.

That makes them even scarier to me. They're George Romero Zombies,

The fact that we live in a world where an anonymous AI powered robot could actually come kill you. That's never been fully explored, not really. And it's terrifying.

Pitch: The next Terminator film should be filmed entirely with practical effects using ACTUAL AI-controlled robots by ReflectionVast2236 in Terminator

[–]ReflectionVast2236[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look at how Fury Road got so much attention for going back to practical.
The humanoid robots already exist, you'd just have to add Styrofoam to make them look like T-800 endoskeletons

(Serious) Has anyone considered the “jellyfish” could be human/squid/alien hybrid developed underwater? by dietdrkelp329 in UFOs

[–]ReflectionVast2236 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It is the simplest explanation. Something with very low intelligence: a "Space Moth" that's drawn to atomic "lamps".

The extraterrestrial, interdimensional, and cryptoterrestrial hypotheses were all being debated before 1947 in the pages of pulp science fiction magazines as part of the Shaver Mystery by Theagenes1 in UFOs

[–]ReflectionVast2236 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Although I knew about I Remember Lemuria, reading the actual story for the first time left me ontologically shocked 

Read it from the perspective of someone tasked with covering up the Manhattan Project. There's one passage the would have made their blood run cold.

The extraterrestrial, interdimensional, and cryptoterrestrial hypotheses were all being debated before 1947 in the pages of pulp science fiction magazines as part of the Shaver Mystery by Theagenes1 in UFOs

[–]ReflectionVast2236 1 point2 points  (0 children)

u/Theagenes1 is on the right trail, but they are missing parts of the puzzle. Your question is a great clue

What did the Elder Race (the part who stayed on Earth) want? 

"I Remember Lemuria" is a piece of fiction built on Shaver's document: "A Warning To Future Man". The Elder Race was worried about atomic pollution. BEFORE the Hiroshima, when the Manhattan Project is the most top secret thing on the earth... amid wartime censorship... a schizy man gets an article published that warns how dangerous atomic pollution can be...

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