Fascism is an authoritarian, nationalistic and anti-socialist political ideology that preaches the need for a strong state ruled by a single political party led by a charismatic leader. Hitler and the Nazis came to power with the support of more than ten million workers. Further, that very month, March 1933, the first camp was opened – for the incarceration of officials of the Communist and Social Democratic Parties. And on May 10 1933 in Berlin banned books were burnt openly and watched by some 70,000 people. Trump ticks those three ideological boxes and like Hitler was elected — his supporters include millions of workers, whilst millions of others are disenfranchised. In April 2019 his administration began enforcing a zero-tolerance immigration policy that has resulted in thousands of children being separated from their families. We must not forget Obama's equally strict policy and that separation of families started on his watch, along with the use of gas on migrants wishing to enter the US. We must also remember that it is we the people who keep electing the likes of Hitler & Trump, King & Queen Ortega, the fundamentalist Islamic Salvation Front, Turkey's ever power-hungry president Erdoğan and other odious types including Rodrigo Kill 'em All Duterte of the Philippines, Bolsonaro and Orbán.
Re: Anon @ 2/22 11:16 Wonderful comment, very informational. In my lifetime, since Eisenhower, it seems that Republicans have a corporate 'machine' built using Religion, the Economy, Hate, and Fear - to Rule.
I too have felt similarities between today, and even pre-WWI. Read the Source Records of the Great War, Vol 1 to get an idea of that time period.
In recent years, I see the Tea Party as being like Hitler's Brown Shirts.
It has been the Democratic Party that seems to actually Govern vs. Rule. Trying to recover from Deficit Spending / Trickle Down Economics, and Foreign wars like Viet Nam. (OK, the Dems did do a bad job at that one.)
But with Repug administrations, the way things are going, will there eventually be a return to a Feudal Society or Fasciest Government, and/or maybe even an American Inquisition with help of Fanatic Evangelicals.
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Fascism is an authoritarian, nationalistic and anti-socialist political ideology that preaches the need for a strong state ruled by a single political party led by a charismatic leader. Hitler and the Nazis came to power with the support of more than ten million workers. Further, that very month, March 1933, the first camp was opened – for the incarceration of officials of the Communist and Social Democratic Parties. And on May 10 1933 in Berlin banned books were burnt openly and watched by some 70,000 people. Trump ticks those three ideological boxes and like Hitler was elected — his supporters include millions of workers, whilst millions of others are disenfranchised. In April 2019 his administration began enforcing a zero-tolerance immigration policy that has resulted in thousands of children being separated from their families. We must not forget Obama's equally strict policy and that separation of families started on his watch, along with the use of gas on migrants wishing to enter the US. We must also remember that it is we the people who keep electing the likes of Hitler & Trump, King & Queen Ortega, the fundamentalist Islamic Salvation Front, Turkey's ever power-hungry president Erdoğan and other odious types including Rodrigo Kill 'em All Duterte of the Philippines, Bolsonaro and Orbán.
Re: Anon @ 2/22 11:16
Wonderful comment, very informational.
In my lifetime, since Eisenhower, it seems that Republicans have a corporate 'machine' built using Religion, the Economy, Hate, and Fear - to Rule.
I too have felt similarities between today, and even pre-WWI. Read the Source Records of the Great War, Vol 1 to get an idea of that time period.
In recent years, I see the Tea Party as being like Hitler's Brown Shirts.
It has been the Democratic Party that seems to actually Govern vs. Rule. Trying to recover from Deficit Spending / Trickle Down Economics, and Foreign wars like Viet Nam. (OK, the Dems did do a bad job at that one.)
But with Repug administrations, the way things are going, will there eventually be a return to a Feudal Society or Fasciest Government, and/or maybe even an American Inquisition with help of Fanatic Evangelicals.
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