The future is the hardest thing to predict.
Here's a recent story in Haaretz, looking back at their reporting from Germany in 1930 (and how it evolved as the 1930's evolved...)
'They'll Never Put Their Madness Into Action': Haaretz's Misjudgment of the Nazis by Ofer Aderet, April 23, 2025
“ Covering the up-and-coming Nazis in early-'30s Germany, Haaretz journalist Gershon Swet reassured his readers that 'it's hard to believe that any government will be able to limit the equal rights of Jews.' His colleague Yeshayahu Klinov was more prescient
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“ Swet wrote, "Their platform – a jumble of cheap demagoguery and profound ignorance – is far from being realized. … Hitler, Goebbels … and all the other thugs know very well that their proclamations, demands and howls are likely to have more impact on the street than in actual life."
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