Meant to do a post on Thursday and Friday. On Thursday I was going to do a list of 13 things. Then Friday I had plan to post a face picture.
Still getting or figuring out my new laptop. A learning curve. I haven't yet had change to go into our library and asked about those two issues. Setting the clock, one should just go into setting. Well I have and tried to reset it to pacific time zone. And also manual as well. Right now my time is 10:19 in the morning. The date is Saturday the 27th of September. But my laptop says it 2:13 in the morning, and it September 28th. I doubt I would be be on my lap that time of morning. The other thing I need help with is shutting down the lap top. It seem like simple task. Confession time...I don't like to take library time for two things.
This morning I've done my general chores. Mow a small section and load the dish washer, make the bed; hubby help, wipe the counters, and swept the floor. Oh, made shopping list. Not sure if we're going to the store today or tomorrow. We only need five items. None of the five items we're out of. Just low.
I have wonder at times about different things in history. What if. So I decided to ask chat-gpt If Nazi party of the 1930s. Had social media and genetic testing. Let me put my thought on it before I head over to Chat-gpt. On social media. If the Nazi had social media, so would of everyone else. The sad thing most of us don't post our opinion, thoughts on any comments, or share much. Mainly we stroll and read. Not to rock the boat. We're social animals. So in that sense not much different. Now as for genetic testing. To me that could be scary. Sure that roll of the dice. If an entire family. Took a genetic test it would be all different sure they would be some of the same. What would be past down, and things do skip generation. None of us have a perfect genetic make up. Now here is Chat Gpt take on it...
A World with Nazi Social Media and Genetic Testing
If the Nazi regime of the 1930s had access to modern social media platforms and genetic technologies, history would have unfolded along both darker and paradoxically more complicated paths. These tools, designed in our timeline for connection and scientific advancement, could have been twisted into instruments of propaganda and control.
Social Media as Propaganda
The Nazis were already masters of propaganda through radio, film, and rallies. Social media would have amplified this power exponentially. Instead of relying on state-controlled newspapers and speeches, the regime could have infiltrated the daily lives of millions through algorithms designed to promote nationalist content. Memes, viral videos, and fabricated “news” would make Nazi ideology seem ever-present, especially among youth.
The Reich could have weaponized echo chambers, tailoring messages to different audiences—moderate Germans reassured with calls for “stability,” extremists fed constant hatred, and foreign sympathizers courted with carefully curated images of order and prosperity. Disinformation campaigns could also undermine Allied unity, sowing doubt in the U.S. or Britain about the necessity of intervention.
At the same time, underground resistance movements might have found new ways to organize through encrypted groups. But with surveillance technology, digital footprints could have been tracked, leading to faster crackdowns. The Gestapo armed with metadata would be far more efficient than the one relying on informants.
Genetic Testing as a Tool of Eugenics
The Nazis’ obsession with “racial purity” would have found chilling reinforcement in genetic testing. Instead of crude physical measurements, they could have used DNA screening to identify traits they considered “undesirable.” This would have given their pseudoscience a veneer of legitimacy: charts, graphs, and genome reports to “prove” who belonged and who did not.
Genetic testing might have accelerated forced sterilization programs. Entire populations could have been cataloged at birth, with life paths decided by a swab of saliva. Jews, Romani people, and others targeted by Nazi ideology would face not just persecution but systematic erasure justified by “objective science.” Propaganda could broadcast simplified claims like “DNA reveals who endangers the nation,” convincing ordinary citizens that exclusion was a matter of biology, not prejudice.
Paradoxically, genetic science might also have undermined Nazi ideology. Modern genetics shows human variation is far more complex than the Nazis’ simplistic racial categories. If real data leaked, it could have revealed inconvenient truths—for example, the lack of clear genetic boundaries between groups. In the long run, this might have sparked skepticism, though in the short term, the regime’s control over information would likely suppress such challenges.
Global Consequences
Internationally, Nazi use of social media could have extended their reach into sympathetic communities abroad. Just as extremist groups today recruit online, the Reich could have built global digital networks of fascist sympathizers, complicating Allied efforts to build unity. Anti-Semitic and isolationist propaganda in the United States, for instance, might have spread more effectively, delaying intervention.
On the other hand, atrocities might have been harder to conceal. Social media could cut both ways: images, testimonies, and leaks from camps might have reached a global audience sooner, potentially galvanizing outrage. The speed of digital information would make secrecy far more difficult, though authoritarian regimes often manipulate platforms to drown out inconvenient truths.
A Mixed Legacy
A Nazi regime armed with social media and genetic testing would likely have been more dangerous in the short term. Propaganda would be more pervasive, surveillance more effective, and eugenics more “scientifically” enforced. Yet these same tools carry contradictions. Genetic science holds truths that undermine racial myths, and digital networks, while enabling propaganda, also allow resistance and whistleblowing.
In this alternate history, the world might see an even more polarized landscape: authoritarian regimes exploiting technology for control, while dissidents use the same tools to resist. The war itself could have been longer and bloodier—or, perhaps, exposed atrocities earlier, leading to swifter international unity.
I should get moving on things. I like to do...work on bullet journal, paper mache project, get back to reading my book, check my e-mail, and take care of my pants.
Coffee is on.
