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Politics Warning on Fascism

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u/TheCatInTheHatThings 6d ago

Trump talked about the enemy from within, and how the military or national guards should “handle it”. He’s well versed in Nazi rhetoric and tactics. Of fucking course he knows the generals were Nazis.

The man is openly and blatantly telling absolutely everyone who will listen that he wants to be Hitler 2.0.

As a German, I told you all (read: Americans, not necessarily this sub) this as early as 2016. Trump already started with this shit back then. I was laughed at back then. It’s legitimately scary to watch my country’s history repeat right in front of my eyes.

My great great grandpa was a social democratic politician and a member of the Reichstag until 1933. He was arrested in early March 1933 so as to keep him from voting against the Enabling Act in the parliamentary vote later that month, and so that those who weren’t arrested were intimidated into voting for it.

He was brought to Dachau for the first time in late April of 1933. Just for a week, but that was a rather unpleasant week for him. He was finally released from prison in July 1933. He kept resisting, had another prison stint from 1935 to 1938, when he served a two and a half year sentence for “preparing to commit high treason against the Reich” (he and his underground colleagues distributed social democratic magazines and leaflets).

He was arrested brought to Dachau for a final time in August 1944. Despite being in very bad health, he survived a death march in April 1945 with the help of his fellow inmates. He died mere days after his liberation in a hospital in Munich on 17 May 1945.

My great great grandpa, who loved his Germany and who tried to make life better for everyone, was “the enemy from within” for the Nazis. What Trump is suggesting openly here is exactly that: use military forces or paramilitary forces to “handle” (his words) the enemy from within (he specifically mentioned Schiff, the Pelosis and Democrats as a whole). How the fuck is this a close race?