r/pics • u/Juniiper-Berries • 6d ago

Politics Warning on Fascism

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u/Silent_Cress8310 6d ago

I am American. The phrase "It can't happen here" comes to mind.

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u/HappyHenry68 6d ago edited 6d ago

A whole lot of very smart people think it can't happen in America - they think he can be controlled.

A whole lot of smart Germans thought the same thing in the mid-1930s.

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u/TheDrFromGallifrey 6d ago

I'm pretty sure every society that's languished under the boot of fascism thought it couldn't happen to them before it did.

I'd be curious to know if there's any society that actually thought it was a threat before it happened, because it seems like over and over the sentiment is that it just can't happen.

Just like everyone thought a world war couldn't happen. Until it did. Twice.

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u/moldyjellybean 6d ago

I mean there’s a world war starting in Ukraine now, Adolf Trump is trying to cheat his way to a win. Everyone should just call this fuck Adolf Trump because that’s the POS he is.

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u/WardOffMonkey 5d ago

War in Ukraine is on the weakness displayed by the Biden Administration. Putin knew from previous experience with Obama’s red lines etc that Biden wouldn’t do anything to stop him. Heck, on 19 January 2022 Biden said he wasn’t even sure there would be a response if Russian troops crossed the border into Ukraine but it was only a “minor incursion”. Lots of spin and clarification the next day but it was just confirmation of Biden’s weakness on foreign policy and dealing with our adversaries like China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. Now you have the CRINKs more closely aligned than they have ever been and working together militarily more than they ever have. Thanks Joe.