Re:Inflation in job titles reaching Weimar levels
by nostrademons on Monday September 20, 2010 @02:27AM
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Impressive. They managed to self-Godwin in the subtitle.
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Re:Inflation in job titles reaching Weimar levels
by ataggart on Monday September 20, 2010 @03:05AM
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Not really. The Weimar Republic's hyperinflation preceded (and contributed to) the rise of the Nazis.
Re:Inflation in job titles reaching Weimar levels
by nostrademons on Monday September 20, 2010 @03:27AM
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Right, it's the "and contributed to" part that I'm referencing. Godwin's Law is "...a comparison involving Hitler or Nazis..." Usually once you reference the Weimar Republic, people immediately think of the rise of the Nazis ten years later. It's an implicit comparison, even if the words are never mentioned.