…… you quote “it can’t happen here” without realizing that the phrase itself is satirical and that so so many people already saw the trajectory ages before now and that nationalistic propaganda is abundant in mass media. It’s no shock to anyone who has ever tried paying attention or thinking critically about the implications of common ideologies.
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.. Umm anyone with a lick of common sense was aware that fascism coming from the inside is the real threat. In very instance where fascism has taken over a country that is where it has come from.
like when Nazis took over France
..about 1/3 of France, the rest of it was run by the Vichy Government.
I guess you didn't watch "Iron Sky"
Good movie.
I'd like to point out that the timing in the prediction was off by... one presidency? 8 years? Pretty prophetic if you ask me...
From the 90's on things felt like they were getting better for a few years. Then things started going south.
This whole time the Democrats and the Republicans have had their endless political battles while ratcheting our rights away. We need the opposite.
Simple example, I want the right to immunization. If I think injecting myself with bleach is a great idea, I should be able to do that. But that's stupid so we need a CDC to tell us that explicitly and to prevent other stupid formulations from being legal. MRNA vaccines and other vaccines work for example. So one minor thing could be not denying vaccines. Another minor thing is to help the development of vaccines. One way is by not de-funding projects working on vaccines. Another is by not de-funding the education system that creates teachers, professors, doctors, scientists and engineers.
People thinking trump is a fascist seriously underestimate the evil of fascists. Trump is a pretty moderate person in most regards. I'll get downvotes to hell for saying this but that's the truth. Trump hasn't done any mass executions or genocides hence on the comparative scale of politics he is a moderate. Not to mention that Hillary Clinton, Joe biden, and kamala Harris said many things that are more extreme than trump just a couple years ago (go google the clips).
Trump can't get away with mass executions or genocide. Hitler could not have at the beginning of his rule.
You're getting downvoted not because this is some hot take people disagree with, but because you're objectively wrong.
A claim to objective reality requites specifics. It requires objective proof that a claim is incorrect. I ask you to present such evidence. I made a claim from a place of personal opinion from my observations of global politics and history. You've set urself up with a very hard task of proving something is counter to objective reality. Good luck.
"You must provide specifics"
Also you:
(go google the clips)
I made a claim that represents my opinion I have gained from learning about history and global politics. The response made a claim of objective reality that's a far higher bar.
Sure, here is an entire article, with sources and expert analysis explaining how trump is a fascist. There are dozens more articles that come to the same conclusion.
Now let's flip it - you claim, without evidence, that other politicians have said things more extreme than anything trump has said. Where is your proof? Suggesting people "Google the clips" is disingenuous, and suggesting it is true without proof boarders on stochastic terrorism. Why do you think fascism must include mass executions, as you indicated in your original comment?