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By putting people in 'groups' and having those who support him also enforce this idea that we're all in separate groups and need to look out for own little grou
by gremlinsinc 9y ago
By putting people in 'groups' and having those who support him also enforce this idea that we're all in separate groups and need to look out for own little group--this is how fascism grows, this is how hitler took over Germany, this is how a new Hitler figure could take over America too... It's not outside the realm of possibility sure Germans in 1900 couldn't forsee the horrors of 1940.
Here's a good video from 1947 explaining the whole thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23X14HS4gLk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23X14HS4gLk
- krautsourced 9y agoWait - aren't you exactly describing identity politics?
- Analemma_ 9y agoPrepare to have your mind blown: it's possible to both dislike contemporary leftist idpol and still think Nazis are indisputably much worse.
- krautsourced 9y agoI know. I just found it amusing to read it like that. And even though using the term "both sides" has now become tricky, I think indeed left and right have done their fair share to make it come to the situation we are in, with constant hyperbole and hysteria and grandstanding in the media, rather than discussing issues (which probably still happens, one would hope, but it does not make it to the front pages any more).
- r00fus 9y agoSure, as long as you define identity political groups to allow things like subjugating and terrorizing other groups, sure. Treating violent white nationalists like just another "political identity" is disingenuous. Like saying ISIS members are "just Muslims". We treat identity groups with violent tendencies as terrorists (but only prosecute if their skin is brown)
- scierama 9y agohttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/04/thernstrom.identity.politics/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/04/thernstrom.identity.p... Then, I guess Trump learned from the best.
- gertef 9y agoPushing a diverse melting pot isn't the same as forcing for white supremacy.
- scierama 9y ago1. America is the melting pot of the world, no pushing is required. Hiring based on ability; regardless of color, religion, etc., is required. 2. Trump is pushing against white supremacy: http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/14/politics/trump-condemns-charlottesville-attackers/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/14/politics/trump-condemns-charlo... "Trump calls KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists 'repugnant'"
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- michaelsbradley 9y agoThere was an interesting TrumpCast episode (from June 2016) during which the host interviewed a historian of European Fascism: http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/trumpcast/2016/06/trumpcast_don_t_call_him_a_fascist.html http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/trumpcast/2016/06/tru... I'd be curious whether the historian would offer the same analysis today.