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Explain Like I'm Five
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Dehumanising people makes it easy to hate and persecute them, and to blame them for a bunch of stuff which isn't their fault. It really is a classic move with a rich history.
I was discussing this with my mom over the phone and we kind of both were wondering if this is the playbook that Hitler used.
Absolutely. It's the playbook all fascists use.