JL;DR SUMMARY Terrence Petty draws a chilling parallel between the Kapp Putsch of 1920 in Germany and the January 6, 2021 insurrection in the U.S., highlighting how leniency towards right-wing extremists can embolden future anti-democratic actions. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.