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Psychology of Quislings The truly horrible fact that Hitler seems to be able to find nativeborn traitors to betray every nation he invades points to a conclusion of great importance for the future, says a writer in the Spectator. It is that Nationalism is not the supremely powerful force of today, but that it is on the wane. What really counts today is whether a man is for or against this new thing called Authoritarianism, and this loyalty takes precedence of all others. For its sake the Hitlers and Mussolinis will betray their countries by ruining them just as readily as the Quislings. To run in one’s mind through the list of those who have already betrayed their countries, of those who might perhaps try it here, and of those who for the past nine months of war have willingly and consistently lent themselves to become the microphones of Hitler's propaganda, is to see that all, whether of Right or Left, have one characteristic in common. They all admire Authoritarianism as such, and they all sneer at Liberty and the Democracy which tries to protect it.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21194, 17 August 1940, Page 6
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190TOPICS OF THE DAY Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21194, 17 August 1940, Page 6
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