Leftists’ “Reichstag Fire” Moment Arrives
The sound of breaking glass penetrates the night as smoke billows from the German parliament building, called the Reichstag, which is frightfully aflame. It’s the work of one man, say many; or maybe one conspiracy, say others. But the cost is severe, with the structure suffering $1 million in damages in 1933 dollars, though this pales in comparison to the damages to come. For the fire will be used to catalyze a series of events that will visit a far greater conflagration upon the world.
“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste,” said then-Obama administration Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in 2009. German leader Adolf Hitler probably wouldn’t have liked Emanuel very much (the latter is Jewish), but he certainly would’ve agreed with his sentiment. For as is well known, Hitler and his Nazis seized upon their convenient crisis, the Reichstag fire on February 27, 1933, to strip fundamental rights and assume greater power in Germany. This is much like what’s occurring today, too, with Democrats and their Big Tech allies using the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol building as a pretext to attempt the same.
Of course in popular speech, a “Reichstag fire” is a spark. And there are potential “Reichstag fires” continually, whether 9/11, the 2008 financial crisis, or our occasional mass shootings. And while they’re often used to advance agendas — e.g., the 1996 Port Arthur, Tasmania, shooting rampage led to Australia’s gun crackdown — tyranny doesn’t follow unless the time is right.
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