I read Shirer (Berlin Diary, Rise and Fall of the Third Reich) and you Evans (The Coming of the Third Reich, The Third Reich in Power and The Third Reich at War) - highly recommend, especially Evans because it’s highly readable and with more recent scholarship. Or just watch the Netflix series “Hitler and the Nazis - Evil on Trial.” I have a special interest as my Mother is German and suffered during Nazi era (my grandfather was drafted (conscripted) to fight on the Eastern Front (he died) and my great-grandfather was put in a Concentration Camp for being a political enemy (Communist).
Yeah, I've read Shirer, and I'm currently watching the documentary.
Lots of parallels to current conditions in America. I don't think we'll end up with millions murdered, but we'll end up with wrongful imprisonments at a minimum.
I haven't given up completely, but I think there is a better than 50% chance we will effectively be a dictatorship a year from now. People will still be pretending like we aren't (Putin wins 97% of the vote in Russian "elections") but we very well may be there.
No doubt he will. He already said he wants to have televised show trials for his political opponents. He wouldn't hesitate to go full Stalin if he could get away with it.
Yep, the road to fascism is paved with people telling us we are over reacting.
I read Shirer (Berlin Diary, Rise and Fall of the Third Reich) and you Evans (The Coming of the Third Reich, The Third Reich in Power and The Third Reich at War) - highly recommend, especially Evans because it’s highly readable and with more recent scholarship. Or just watch the Netflix series “Hitler and the Nazis - Evil on Trial.” I have a special interest as my Mother is German and suffered during Nazi era (my grandfather was drafted (conscripted) to fight on the Eastern Front (he died) and my great-grandfather was put in a Concentration Camp for being a political enemy (Communist).
Yeah, I've read Shirer, and I'm currently watching the documentary.
Lots of parallels to current conditions in America. I don't think we'll end up with millions murdered, but we'll end up with wrongful imprisonments at a minimum.
I haven't given up completely, but I think there is a better than 50% chance we will effectively be a dictatorship a year from now. People will still be pretending like we aren't (Putin wins 97% of the vote in Russian "elections") but we very well may be there.
I hope you're wrong, but fear you're right. Certainly there are people around Trump who are itching to start the killing.
No doubt he will. He already said he wants to have televised show trials for his political opponents. He wouldn't hesitate to go full Stalin if he could get away with it.
The scariest part is the team of people who will be working with Trump. They're dedicated to ending democracy and installing an authoritarian regime.