They Thought They Were Free (1955)(press.uchicago.edu)
500 points by nataliste | 298 comments
University of Chicago Press excerpt from Milton Mayer's 1955 book They Thought They Were Free, on how ordinary Germans gradually accepted Nazi rule.
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They Thought They Were Free, by Milton Mayer, an Excerpt(press.uchicago.edu)
480 points by thunderbong | 327 comments
University of Chicago Press excerpt from Milton Mayer's book They Thought They Were Free, on how ordinary Germans gradually accepted Nazi rule, 1933-45.
Tech bosses are letting dictators censor what Americans see(thedailybeast.com)
366 points by moose_man | 269 comments
Daily Beast opinion piece arguing that tech executives like Elon Musk are allowing authoritarian governments to censor content seen by Americans.