Originally Posted by peter12
The comparisons are superficial. The depth of economic crisis in Germany was so incredibly beyond even 2008,
I think the risk that shutdowns could roll through again and see 20% unemployment again exists, with out the crazy level of government spending we saw in the spring its hard to say how the markets could recover from a 2nd shock like this in 1 year. Not saying it will happen, but maybe we should avoid tempting fate.
there were literally private street militia gangs with rival power to the actual military, politics was diffused along multiple radical lines, and there was intense cultural nostalgia for a more powerful, and racially pure Germany.
Once again, we aren't there yet, but US civilians are armed like crazy, we've already seen deaths in the streets due to political unrest, militia groups marching on government buildings, and plots to kill politicians. Not saying it will happen the same way, but should we be tempting fate
All this combined with failed yearnings for continentalworld supremacy, a literal struggle to the death rivalry with FranceRussian, China, Mexico..., deep cultural anti-Semitism racism, and resentment over imagined mistreatment at Versailles .
It isn’t close - even if you can see some pretend similarities, there is nothing like cultural nostalgia in the US for some Wagnerian past of pure Germanic peoples uniting for global conquest."Make America Great Again" the movement is literally founded on cultural nostalgia
Also, even in times of remarkable instability, the American rule of law has proven incredibly strong. Look at the litany of failed Trump lawsuits.You mean like the Secretary of State, and Sitting Senators calling the results of an election into question?
American authoritarianism is pretend authoritarianism - which makes it more pathetic, in my eyes.
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