And mightier than several German divisions. Who'd have thought "you've awakened a sleeping giant" would become a metaphor for uncapping the pen?
I notice that your comparison spans two different eras of national socialism. The first was the intellectual battle to convince the German people to reject democracy and revert to dictatorial rule (mostly intellectual, in the press and in speeches, augmented a bit by tactical thuggery). The second was, after the intellectual solidification of Germany around Hitler, was Germany then turning to the outside world to conquer it and spread the idea of national socialism, primarily by force.
It strikes me that after World War II, the battlefield has evolved into a primarily intellectual one, and that the "Stalingrad milestone" for Trump is still the loss of an intellectual battle. No actual troops were harmed in the filming of this reality TV show.
It's still a dead serious, that is to say existential, battle. Hitler tried to use physical force to convert the world, but today his heirs are using the force of the internet to fight their battle. And they can be defeated just as decisively--if the prize is "hearts and minds", it doesn't matter if the transfer was accomplished without bloodshed, that's how we define victory these days.
BTW, happy Squeaky Fromme Day!
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Wow, I guess the pen really is mightier than the sword
