Fascism Poisons Democracy, but It isn’t Too Late.
World War II was not televised. Yes, there is lots of film, but it isn’t like they showed what was happening on the nightly news. The United States was mobilized in its entirety towards the war effort. But only those who had to leave to go fight really know everything that happened on the European continent. Only they understood the face-to-face impact of war on European towns and cities. Only they understood the true toll taken, especially after the Axis forces were defeated. There is footage of those that survived the concentration camps. There is footage of the remains of those who did not survive. Seeing film after the fact is a hell of a lot different than being one of the soldiers on the ground to discover the extent of the evil done. And for a lot of those soldiers, they were forever changed. They truly understood the threat and cost of fascism.
They came home from war and ushered in the baby boomers. These are the children born after the end of the WWII in 1946 until 1964. The children born after the war were born at a unique period in history. It is what can be considered the end of fascism, but still in the middle of American segregation. Children of the majority born at this time have no idea about the cost and toll of fascism. But what they do know is the idea and feeling of viewing someone else as inferior.
