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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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I don’t buy the Mussolini comparison, as he wasn’t popular with the people like trump is.
Trumps followers have a genuine fanaticism about him. 40% of the USA seemingly blindly believes anything he says.
Trump is petty and vindictive, and willing to punish groups of people. It’s not hard to see how this goes bad. There are 650+ kids his administration seized that they can’t find parents or relatives for. That is barbaric, and was done early on in his time as president, when there were many more checks on his actions.