Backstory:Â Population Control and Information Control Are Part of the Same PackageÂ
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gleichschaltung, or the complete ideological packaging of political, social and lived experience.
So while, on the one hand, mores of social behaviour, including sterilisation, were forcibly prescribed â by the end of Third Reich in 1945 an estimated 360,000 had been sterilised, among whom were those deemed genetically inferior or regarded as âpolitical enemies of the stateâ â on the other, there was a concerted purging of unwanted ideas, as reflected in censorship protocols and even the mass book burnings that took place shortly after the Nazis came to power in May 1933, and which was reported by the newspapers of the day as âaction against the un-German spiritâ.Â
Myanmar Forces Torture Two NLD Members to Death Published March 7th, 2021 - 10:19 GMT
A protester (C) gestures towards security forces as they shelter behind shields during a demonstration against the military coup next to Shwezigon Pagoda in Nyaung-U near the UNESCO world heritage site Bagan on March 7, 2021. STR / AFP
Highlights
Soldiers allegedly accused of torturing 2 NLD Members to death ahead of military coup
Two members of the National League for Democracy (NLD), the party of ousted State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, were allegedly killed by Myanmar s security forces during a night-long detention, family members said on Sunday.
During mid-night raids in several townships of the country’s commercial city of Yangon, police, backed up by soldiers, picked up Khin Maung Latt and Shein Win, the two NLD members, along with dozens of other people. Both were Muslims by faith, according to their family members.
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