@cstross that would be the 1934 playbook: purge the 'unruly' SA to win over the public, then let the SS along with Gestapo and SD build a much more terrifyingly efficient machine. The 'Night of the Long Knives' proved that the real danger starts when the chaos of the streets is replaced, bcs it’s the ultimate sign of consolidation: once the regime is secure, the street fighters become a liability and are replaced by the bureaucrats of power.
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It's funny, isn't it, how since 1945 nobody has named a police force "Gestapo".@cstross the Gestapo wasn’t made up of 'thugs' but of highly educated professionals, including lawyers and academics. They were the intellectual elite of the terror apparatus, operating with cold, bureaucratic efficiency. That’s why the SA (the 'muscle') is a much better fit for comparison. Greetings from Germany.