Mik Seery

Maker of things

[Sartorial Thug 🍸 @SartorialThug]

Good afternoon all.

[Mykhailo Rohoza @MykhailoRohoza]

80 YEARS LATER — AND THE PLAYBOOK STILL WORKS.

During the Nuremberg Trials, Hermann Göring explained to psychologist Gustave Gilbert how leaders persuade ordinary people to support wars they never wanted:

“Of course the people don’t want war… But in the end, it’s the leaders of a country who determine policy.”

Gilbert reminded him that democracies were different because people had a voice.

Göring’s response was chilling:

“All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and for exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”

— Nuremberg Diary, April 18, 1946

Sound familiar?

“We are being attacked.”
“We had no choice.”
“We are defending ourselves.”
“The enemy is at the gates.”
“Anyone who opposes the war is a traitor.”

Different century. Different television screens. Different flags.

Same mechanism.

Convince people they are the victims. Manufacture an existential threat. Turn fear into patriotism. Turn dissent into treason. Then send ordinary people to kill and die for decisions made by men sitting safely behind enormous desks.

Göring wasn't offering a warning.

He was explaining the recipe.

And 80 years later, humanity is still falling for it.

[Mik Seery @MikSeery]

Who else.

[Bradford City AFC @officialbantams]

We will always remember. 🎗️❤️💛

#BCAFC

[Mik Seery @MikSeery]

@TheGameCaller @WoodmanGav this you and Jon?

[Mik Seery @MikSeery]

#antonisarcevic #bcafc #bradfordcity #illustration #art

[Fantasy EFL @FEFLOfficial]

Antoni Sarcevic scores twice ✌️

- 10 Goals this season 🐔
- Tops the GW32 points charts from @SkyBetLeagueOne midfielders (16) 🥇

#FantasyEFL | @officialbantams

[Mik Seery @MikSeery]

@Thecityvent Michael Mellon/Wendell Borton 👉👈

[Mik Seery @MikSeery]

@BCAFC_Latam

[Mik Seery @MikSeery]

@1903bw Relatable

[Mik Seery @MikSeery]

@ScudzRambles Bottom tier of English football 😍

[Mik Seery @MikSeery]

@Thecityvent Agreed,that’s the best it’s been this season;and the players responded to it.

[Mik Seery @MikSeery]

@MittensOff When you’ve got the House of Commons at 12 and a napoleonic battle at 3

[Mik Seery @MikSeery]

@Ad_Giers @deathofbuckley …avo on a flatbread 🎵

[Mik Seery @MikSeery]

@Thecityvent @JeffStelling Unrivalled,a master at work.

[Mik Seery @MikSeery]

@ParkerTandA @Bradford_TandA Bradford medical dept

[Mik Seery @MikSeery]

@WoodmanGav @YouTube Cheers,kids crying now.

[Mik Seery @MikSeery]

@norcrosscricket I know you can’t drink copious amounts of wine at the moment Dan but this is unbecoming of you

[Mik Seery @MikSeery]

@WoodmanGav Yep,both culpable;condiment scum 👎