Ten Signs of Fascism. America has all of them
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Ten Signs of Fascism. America has all of them
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#2The parallels to the rise of Nazi Germany are striking. But it can be much worse. Read "February 1933" if you want to get a feel. Pretty much daily reports of people getting killed in clashes between Nazis and Communists. Hitler almost immediately suspends right to assemble, free speech etc, and orders police to kill dissidents on sight. Prominent artists and journalists are getting arrested or are fleeing the country. All of that within a month of Hitler taking power.
There is still hope for the US. The press is still critical, the opposition is not arrested, the courts are still giving push back, and it's not civil war level violence.
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#3Wonder how many times i saw this article with different countries…
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#4Wonder how many times i saw this article with different countries…
Which countries? Can you be specific about two or three of them?
And what point are you trying to make?
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#5Wonder how many times i saw this article with different countries…
The fascism is worldwide now.
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#6The parallels to the rise of Nazi Germany are striking. But it can be much worse. Read "February 1933" if you want to get a feel. Pretty much daily reports of people getting killed in clashes between Nazis and Communists. Hitler almost immediately suspends right to assemble, free speech etc, and orders police to kill dissidents on sight. Prominent artists and journalists are getting arrested or are fleeing the countr…
The midterms will be a landslide if allowed to run fairly.
Trump’s response to that landslide will tell us whether there’s hope.
I don’t expect Civil War levels of violence because the country is mostly united in its hatred of how the GOP is running it. No large group of people will pick up arms to support Trump’s right to invade countries and ruin the economy.
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#8Wonder how many times i saw this article with different countries…
Reddit-style spin posts leaking into HN.
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#9Wonder how many times i saw this article with different countries…
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Re: Ten Signs of Fascism. America has all of them
#10Another opportunity to recommend "They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-45" by Milton Mayer. The audiobook is great too.
A critical but empathetic look at how fascism rises and spreads through, and alongside, ordinary people in ordinary society. Excellent book, incredibly relevant.
An excerpt, if you don't want to commit to the whole thing: https://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/511928.html