Weimar

featured graphic for opinion piece jumping off from historical documentary "Berlin: Symphony of a Great City" asking whether the United States will follow a path similar to that of Weimar Germany in the 1920s. View of Berlin is a still shot from the silent documentary by Walther Ruttmann.

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Robin Itzler, a longtime contributer to Orange County Breeze, has a thoughtful piece published at American Thnkger titled “Could ordinary Americans embrace socialism?” Here’s how the piece opens: Flipping channels to get away from the day’s depressing news, Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt) was …continue reading