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The other day I was sitting at home with my family. My parents, two siblings and my grandma, who moved from Germany after WW2. My parents and siblings are sitt

The other day I was sitting at home with my family. My parents, two siblings and my grandma, who moved from Germany after WW2. My parents and siblings are sitting around talking about how Trump is going to save America. My brother mentions how a guy in town (also a Trump supporter) said he's a fascist. I'm sitting on the other side of the table and my grandma is looking down at her plate not saying anything. She's about 80 years old at this point. I can't help but think she knows we're about to go through it all over again. Edit: I don't think Trump is Hitler but I do think we are losing freedoms. I'm also not trying to even argue that it's Trumps fault. This was just an observation about my surroundings. I felt it relevant due to the seeming zealotry of my family and their lack of questioning certain decisions and outcomes coupled with the fact that today it looks like we lost more freedom due to that mindset.

vim_wannabe 9y ago
So a lad knows a guy who says he is a fascist and also a Trump supporter, which means Trump is a fascist. But what does that have to do with the FCC saying they will not use their authority on Internet service providers?
- FourPostWonder 9y ago
  And Dang was nowhere to be found.
crtqt3 9y ago
could you make a more worthless, over-dramatic comment? le trump is le hitler
Coincoin 9y ago
While everybody is busy yelling and flailing about how Trump has small hands and is literally Hitler, those policies, that will have an actual day to day impact on everybody, go through unchallenged.
deusofnull 9y ago
"not if anything to say about it, I do" - Yoda
rubicon33 9y ago
This tends to happen with striking regularity in societies when wealth begins to consolidate in the hands of a few and the middle class' buying power declines year after year. Like a fever, it's a sign that our country is sick. If we let the fever take over it will kill us. If we treat the underlying problem we can survive. We MUST solve the problem of wealth disparity or mark my words - it will be our undoing.
Velchronus 9y ago
To give you my own anecdote, both my grandparents lived under fascism and both happily voted for Trump. It was the first time my grandfather voted in 40 years. I'd never seen him so excited to go to the voting booth before.
gfodor 9y ago
I guess you should ask her if she thinks we are about to go through the 40s or the 60s again.

vim_wannabe 9y ago

So a lad knows a guy who says he is a fascist and also a Trump supporter, which means Trump is a fascist. But what does that have to do with the FCC saying they will not use their authority on Internet service providers?

FourPostWonder 9y ago
And Dang was nowhere to be found.

crtqt3 9y ago

could you make a more worthless, over-dramatic comment? le trump is le hitler

Coincoin 9y ago

While everybody is busy yelling and flailing about how Trump has small hands and is literally Hitler, those policies, that will have an actual day to day impact on everybody, go through unchallenged.

deusofnull 9y ago

"not if anything to say about it, I do" - Yoda

rubicon33 9y ago

This tends to happen with striking regularity in societies when wealth begins to consolidate in the hands of a few and the middle class' buying power declines year after year. Like a fever, it's a sign that our country is sick. If we let the fever take over it will kill us. If we treat the underlying problem we can survive. We MUST solve the problem of wealth disparity or mark my words - it will be our undoing.

Velchronus 9y ago

To give you my own anecdote, both my grandparents lived under fascism and both happily voted for Trump. It was the first time my grandfather voted in 40 years. I'd never seen him so excited to go to the voting booth before.

gfodor 9y ago

I guess you should ask her if she thinks we are about to go through the 40s or the 60s again.