] The frightening truth is that we here in Russia are
] actually living through "it" as "it" is happening. And
] you can kind of see why the Jews were so slow to react.
] The vise of fascism isn't applied abruptly the way it is
] in real-time when we watch movies and documentaries.
] Rather, the laws and violence are applied slowly,
] quietly, with just a little increase in the pressure
] every few months. Each time the screws are tightened, a
] few people squeal. But within a few weeks, when most
] people realize that nothing day-to-day really changed
] much, the clamor dies down and the new,
] slightly-more-fascistic-norm-than-before suddenly feels,
] well, normal. You stop noticing it until the next
] incremental increase, when you hear the same squeals, get
] used to it, go on with your life, and so on. It's like
] deep sea diving -- if you were to drop too deep too
] quickly, you'd die from the pain. But slowly submerging,
] you get used to the pressure to the point that it feels
] no different from the pressure on the surface.