Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Defining Gleichschaltung

About once a year, someone will post something or get into a chat about 'Gleichschaltung'.  It's a German word.

Basically, it means that someone has thought through a process over politics, education, lifestyles, economics....and they'd determined a single path.  This word 'Gleichschaltung' generally translates to meaning synchronization. 

Yes, it is what the Nazis dreamed up in the 1930s, and became eventually the standard across all of Germany. 

Yes, it is basically the Borg-agenda from Star Trek, if you think about it.

The best way to shake 'Gleichschaltung'?  Basically, be civil toward one another, and allow two opinions to exist within a sphere.  If we all get to the point of synchronizing everything....you end up in a pretty miserable end-result. 

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