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Is this analogy apt or strained: As FDR and Hitler were to Radio, so is Trump to Twitter/Internet? [1] [1] https://thefifthwave.wordpress.com/2018/01/03/the-sc
by cobbzilla 9y ago
Is this analogy apt or strained: As FDR and Hitler were to Radio, so is Trump to Twitter/Internet? [1]
[1] https://thefifthwave.wordpress.com/2018/01/03/the-schizoid-presidency-of-donald-trump/ https://thefifthwave.wordpress.com/2018/01/03/the-schizoid-p...
- TeMPOraL 9y agoDepends on whether you compare to 1944!Hitler or 1930!Hitler. Point being, comparisons to Nazi Germany, or other evil regimes of the past are usually exaggerated because no western country in the present is a comparable regime. Nevertheless, there have been some worrying developments in the west over the past two decades, and they invite caution. Or, put more bluntly (and I think in line with Maciej's talks): Trump is not Hitler. But the next president - in the US or elsewhere - just might be.
- cobbzilla 9y agoNeither is Trump FDR, I think you missed my point. Trump, like both FDR and Hitler, made novel use of a new communications medium to rally their supporters and reach new ones, while their opponents scratched their heads trying to understand the phenomenon.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoYou're right; I think I did miss your point. Thanks for clarification.