According2Sam #84

The 'Big Lie' is a propaganda technique that was used by the Nazis for political purposes to consolidate power in the 1930's. Adolf Hitler coined the expression while dictating his 1925 book 'Mein Kampf'. He described it as the use of a lie so "colossal" that no one "could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously". It was not only used to promote a colossal falsehood, but it was also used by the Nazis to accuse a marginalized group of spreading a big lie to further marginalize them within German society. For example, Hitler accused the Jews of spreading the "big lie" that General Ludendorff was responsible for Germany's defeat in WWI. General Ludendorff was a war hero, and it didn't matter if the Jews actually made the claim, or if the claim was true. By accusing the Jews of spreading the 'big lie' it made them easy targets for persecution in Germany. In the United States today, Democrats have resurrected this Nazi tool by claiming Republicans are spreading the 'big lie' that the 2020 election was stolen. They claim the "big lie" is what lead to the well planned, military style, armed attack on the Capitol. However, this claim is full of big lies. Was there a well planned, military style, armed attack on the Capitol, or are we being targeted with very old and sophisticated Nazi propaganda? Join the conversation and get answers to these questions and more on According2Sam episode #84.