They kept people afraid for their lives and of that of their loved ones. SO if they were afraid they would not speak out against the government.
The treaty of Versailles was an unfair one. The "war guilt" clause forced Germany and her allies to take all the blame for the world war. Moreover, Germany lost it's land, overseas colonies, population, and coal and iron industry. Germany was also made to pay reparations and limit their armed forces.
The treaty of Versailles was an invitation to deadlier wars in the future. In fact, it can be concluded that the treaty was a controversy in itself. Because Germany was subjected to ill treatment and was made to pay reparations beyond the country's capacity post war, it became the mojor cause for the WW II.
It is important to note that this government is not based on the will of the people
Hey, that's a great essay prompt. It often happens that when threatened by some threat to our way of life in a democracy, we respond in very undemocratic ways. During the McCarthy years, people's privacy was invaded as accusations about communists and communist sympathizers were aimed at all sorts of people. Many people in the Hollywood film industry were targeted during that time, for instance. But defenders of freedom (including film and television people) fought back against that. We must always adhere to our primary aims as a society -- the rights and liberties of each individual. We don't want to get into "witch hunts" where we suspect our neighbors of evil for no good reason.
Speaking of "witch hunts," the playwright Arthur Miller wrote a really powerful play in 1953, during the Cold War, which focused on the Salem witch trials. He was making the point that what was happening in the McCarthy era (hunting for communists) was another manifestation of the witch-burning craze that had happened at a previous time in history.
tell them you listen to a girl in red, and then say you are straight. that will bout do it .,.
