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Originally Posted by peter12
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.
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Isn't this really the point though?
People like to say Nazi Germany because its a obvious fascist regime that comes to mind first, but I don't think they're implying America would be an exact replica of them.
Just that the ambitions seem to be there for Trump to take the country into an authoritarian state, and that it's not impossible as some like to believe.