It occurred to me that Nazi ideology was entrenched in the German people from as early as the 1920s and officially since 1933 to 1945. You’d think that such a systemic worldview would be difficult to eradicate but it would seem Nazism was quickly removed after the Allies and Russians conquered them.
On the flip side, the Taliban have an entrenched ideology, but despite being occupied for over 20 years they returned to power overnight.
So, I guess two questions: Why didn’t the Nazis wage a guerrilla campaign to retake power? And why were we unable to destroy the Taliban the way we did Nazism?
Also many important figures in the West German government of the 1950s and 1960s were former members of the Nazi party
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/2016/1011/Report-Germany-s-post-World-War-II-government-was-full-of-Nazis
Notably the Red Army Faction or Baader Meinhof was very vocal that the presence of former Nazi supporters in the highest levels of power was one of their primary concerns.
If people were still willing to vote them in, does it mean they didn’t regret the Nazis previous rise to power yet?