{"id":1729,"date":"2009-11-24T15:07:29","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T22:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/24\/the-ends-of-politics\/"},"modified":"2009-12-01T05:06:12","modified_gmt":"2009-12-01T12:06:12","slug":"the-ends-of-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/the-ends-of-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"the ends of politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The path led through the camp entrance bearing the inscription \u201cArbeit macht frei\u201d (work will make you free). The over-dimensional motto on the roof of the maintenance building announced: \u201cThere is a path to freedom. Its milestones are obedience, honesty, cleanliness, sobriety, hard work, discipline, sacrifice, truthfulness and love of thy fatherland.\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/arbeit-macht-frei.jpg\" title=\"Arbeit macht frei\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/arbeit-macht-frei.jpg\" alt=\"Arbeit macht frei\" width=\"153\" height=\"116\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/outer-wall.jpg\" title=\"Perimeter fence\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/outer-wall.jpg\" alt=\"Perimeter fence\" width=\"180\" height=\"116\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/depiction-of-beating.jpg\" title=\"Depiction of beating\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/depiction-of-beating.jpg\" alt=\"Depiction of beating\" width=\"129\" height=\"116\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/beating-table.jpg\" title=\"Beating table\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/beating-table.jpg\" alt=\"Beating table\" width=\"117\" height=\"116\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/gas-chamber-for-mass-murder.jpg\" title=\"Dachau gas chamber\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/gas-chamber-for-mass-murder.jpg\" alt=\"Dachau gas chamber\" width=\"96\" height=\"116\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/crematorium.jpg\" title=\"Dachau crematorium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/crematorium.jpg\" alt=\"Dachau crematorium\" width=\"90\" height=\"116\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\nDachau is a mirror into the dark part of each of our souls we wish we did not have.\u00a0 Everyone should see it, know it\u2019s there, and know what the most civilized of people are capable of doing given the right circumstances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The path led through the camp entrance bearing the inscription \u201cArbeit macht frei\u201d (work will make you free). The over-dimensional motto on the roof of the maintenance building announced: \u201cThere is a path to freedom. Its milestones are obedience, honesty, cleanliness, sobriety, hard work, discipline, sacrifice, truthfulness and love of thy fatherland.\u201d &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Dachau is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,43,8,26],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1729","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-insanity","7":"category-nationalization","8":"category-politics","9":"category-totalitarianism","10":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}