Rick Steves: "Think what can happen when a society doesn't take the threat of autocracy seriously" [View all]

"Hitler kept them alive, the leaders of the political opposition against him until it was pretty clear that he was gonna lose the war. And then in 1945, these courageous politicians in Germany who stood up against fascism. We're murdered by that guy. Think of, what can happen to a society that doesn't take the threat of autocracy seriously, and doesn't value how fragile and precious democracy is." - Rick Steves