Quote of the Day

Instapundit Glenn Reynolds, musing about the workings of history as reflected in today's America.

You don’t get Hitler because of Hitler — there are always potential Hitlers out there. You get Hitler because of Weimar, and you get Weimar because the liberals are too corrupt and incompetent to maintain a liberal polity.

He assumes we all realize the citizenry has a limited tolerance for violent chaos. We begin to hear echoes of Weimar in places like today's Charlottesville and Berkeley.