France's Death Spiral
Via Guy Milliere of The Gatestone Institute,
Via Guy Milliere of The Gatestone Institute,
Via JC Collins of Philosophy of Metrics.com,
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a Socialist.Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a Trade Unionist.Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a Jew.Then they came for me—And there was no one left to speak for me.
– From the Postwar War Anti-Nazi Lectures of Protestant Pastor Martin Niemöller.
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