An angry, frustrated middle class. An economic system that punishes the lower classes and makes the rich richer. Violent paramilitary militias threatening to tear the country apart. Weak liberal political parties that cannot agree on an agenda. The rise of a popular demagogue. What country? Germany in the 1930s, just before National Socialism took over. Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.
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Letter: Learn from the past
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