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In this sentence, Wilson compares the German government to governments of the past. What is he hoping to convey?

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He's hoping to convey the similarities  and differences of the German government from governments of the past since that is the purpose of making comparisons. 
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The comparison attempts to make the German government look uncivilized and brutal.

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