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To me a defining characteristic of 1930s Nazism was a perceived mortal struggle against Communists that excused or justified egregiously unethical and immoral m
by drtillberg 6y ago
To me a defining characteristic of 1930s Nazism was a perceived mortal struggle against Communists that excused or justified egregiously unethical and immoral means.
In the modern U.S. that has some similarity to the highly polarized debate the last decade along party lines.
This however? It's mortal political enemies coming together to elbow-bump over ... pork-barrel end-of-term politics. That, from a realist perspective, is America. It's not great, but it's not 1930s Nazism either.
- whatshisface 6y ago>It's mortal political enemies coming together to elbow-bump over ... pork-barrel end-of-term politics. "Let's fix this rotten system by replacing it with our new system (which just so happens to be a dictatorship, but don't mind that...)," is a pretty common way for democratic governments to fail. It even happened to Rome.
- fouric 6y agoHuh, I haven't heard anybody say anything remotely like this, and I have friends from not only the two big parties, but also a few of the smaller ones, too...
- whatshisface 6y agoThe general perception of the incompetence or disingenuousness in the present system lays the groundwork for people to start saying that, at some point in the future, unless things improve.
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- mariodiana 6y agoI'm not justifying unethical or immoral means, but was the perception of being in a mortal struggle against Communists incorrect?
- stjohnswarts 6y agoI think given Trump's actions so far he would clearly overthrow the democratically held election to keep him in power if the rest of government wasn't keeping him in check. Just because he's not had a night of the long knives yet doesn't mean it's not a serious, dangerous, and horrid usage of his position and power as President. He isn't Hitler but he is the worst President in the history of our country as far as sheer malfeasance.