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Rita Parker's avatar

My husband and I watched a three part series - The Rise of Hitler. There were too many similarities between Hitler and Trump to count. When Hitler initially got in he did not have total control. But he manipulated and schemed until he controlled the government. Once he did he unleashed violence on his opponents. None of this happened over night.

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lee vinocur's avatar

Yes, ma’am. They used the levers of democracy to tear it down. As it was written, “It Could Happen Here”.

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Eva Seifert's avatar

He also had a government he was able to manipulate at will. People forget he was appointed chancellor to form a coalition government. His idea of coalition was to, with the willing assistance of others, was to ban all opposition parties. Dachau was begun in 1933, and was already filling up with Hitler's opponents.

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Rita Parker's avatar

All true. And the German people basically ignored it. Indifference is the enemy.

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Eva Seifert's avatar

Sounds familiar, doesn't it? I find it ironic that Trump kept using the poem "The Snake", can't remember who wrote it, in some of his rallies. Fits Trump to a "T", and people still don't see it. Including a whole lot of people who should, like National Review, TAC, and those Reps who still vote "lock-in-step" against everything the Dems propose, and refuse to condemn Trump.

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