Why would the Nazis use the murder of one man in Paris to incite violence against an entire group in Germany?

1 Answer
Feb 24, 2018

It WORKS!

Explanation:

Political scape-goats and propaganda have been around since the first villages were established. The Nazi Party at the time developed the process to unprecedented levels.

The issue is never about the event, or even the person, but about the larger objectives of a person or group. You always want to look like the "good guy" in public perception to gain their support or at least their apathy.

So, if you want to inflict violence on a group without looking like the instigator, you create a "problem" and insinuate a solution that is taken up by the masses. What they do is "plausibly deniable" by the rulers. But it gets done.

A modern case of this might be the use of "Climate Change" as a "stalking horse" to get many onerous and restrictive controls put on the populace (without affecting the "leaders"!).

More often other race or income-based differences are used for the same purposes. RARELY is the government-stated "problem" the real issue or objective.