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Powell put out a statement about fed independence and presidential pressure amongst DOJ indictment
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But that's the thing. The conformance to what social norms? How did a plumber know he was conforming to everything expected of him?
He was white? He was employed? He didn't speak out or help? Otherwise he just accepted that the Gestapo were going to beat his neighbor across the street nearly to death?
There was no written law regarding how two people greet each other, but it was magically determined to be the heil Hitler thing? What happened to already divorced women? What happened to already divorced men? Existing and new couples were forbidden from divorce. Women were the ones allowed to take care of children. They surely must have realized that one false step meant the end of their road? Did no one talk to each other?
To a great extent, yes. Chris Browning's Ordinary Men could just have been about a plumber joining ICE for the pay.
While there was an obvious amount of policy and design about the movement, even more so in Germany, the design of the rallies and uniforms in the current USA suck in comparison.
But for the confirming to the new norm, people don't need much instruction to do that. Only small amounts of direction is needed. Take the actions against people speaking out against Kirk. Or the republican statements about Mrs Good. Dissenters will have their life made hell or even shot.
People pick up on those really quickly. I many people will respond by immediately broadcasting submissive behavior, to assure them being seen as friendly to the regime. I wouldn't be surprised if people are already ratting out relatives to the regime as we speak.
So the plumber would be like part time gestapo for money and power and the be a plumber too?
I guess that kind of makes sense. I was all stressing over what happens to the people we need to do shit for us. But I guess thinking through that lens - I would have to be doing something for the regime wouldn't I?
I do know "aryan professionals" were only eligible for better pay and promotion if they were active party members. Engineers and professors could only work on State projects if they were a party member. I assume the same applied to electricians and plumbers - people wouldn't hire you unless you were a party member as that was "safer".
18.2m were conscripted into the Whermact for 2 year obligations. Almost a quarter of the population in 1930s?
So life was really "war" or "assist the war effort." I guess part of that war effort would be the service jobs. Fuck.