I agree and disagree, yes the Nazi's tapped into existing prejudice. In terms of the current crisis and this idea of unprecedented wealth, globalisation and the economic changes of the last 40 years has created the most uneven distribution of wealth since the 30s. It was ok for society when these pressures for the most part were carried by the working poor and the working class, what we have seen in the last 15 to 20 years, is these same forces squeezing the middle class and the petty bourgeoise, these people are better educated and resourced and have been exploited by the right with the same old tropes, foreigners, targeted religious classes (Muslims) and the old boogeyman of socialism, (a threat to their meagre property)
