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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
Wow, bold statement and strongly disagree. Honestly on most topics I agree with you but this one I think you’re out to lunch. At a certain point, and in my opinion we have crossed it, but at a certain point you need to stand up to it. Sometimes there is no negotiation or debating left to do. I know you know what’s right and wrong here.
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Historical context is totally different. People love the spectre of nAzI GeRManY because it sounds edgy and serious. Totalitarianism is a big deal and has only popped up in certain places at certain times. Institutions have to be weak and the movement has to be strong.
I could see America sliding into some kind of tin-pot authoritarianism that is short-lived. Something like Italy in the 1930s. Trump reminded me of Mussolini far more than Hitler. The reason being it was mostly show and fell apart rather quickly.
I studied with one of the foremost Canadian experts on tyranny, if that provides context.