Probably said below but will repeat it, the narcissistic asshole doesn’t realize it’s given to them in that way, cause the presenter is appeasing them.

They’re getting their fluffing and enjoying all the winds or something like that unsure if it’s ever said that way but fits.

Also appeasement never works check Poland WWII, similar to Trump pre ww3 perhaps? Perhaps time will tell.

Reminder that the Nordics were actually quite excited about racial science and purity. Here in Sweden we pretended to be neutral, while experimenting on native populations (all the Nordics did this) and giving full access to the Nazis to use our railroads and resources to invade Norway.

Let’s see, the most recent overturn of a eugenics law here in Sweden was… uhmm, let’s see what does the records say. Oh right, it was in 2013, before which trans people were forced to get sterilised if they wanted their gender recognised.

We love to pat ourselves on the back and claim that we’re all progressive and egalitarian, but it’s a bold faced lie.

He was an absolute master of propaganda. The best / worst we’ve ever seen to the best of my knowledge. Evil genius doesn’t even scratch the surface.

All the way through the 1920’s and 30’s he masterfully moved public opinion in Germany, shutting down the free press, hosting the Olympics while convincing the West that Germany just wanted peace, nudging the populous towards war, the works.

Edit: thankfully for us all he recorded it in diaries that survived. He was a true believer. Hitler would never have achieved what he did without Goebbels. Others played pivotal roles but fuck me that pair were something.