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13. My oldest brother ignored an old German physicist...

Mon Sep 21, 2020, 04:44 PM

Sep 2020

... at his workplace (Wright-Patt AFB), in the late-70's and early-80's, who kept predicting that the USA would become fascist. My brother admired the intelligence of his German boss (who had personally witnessed the rise of Hitler) immensely, but thought he was crazy to think it could happen here.

The physicist rightly blamed the Republicans, mostly, because of their obsession with the military and corporate power... which he argued was damaging to a person's psyche.

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The road to fascism is lined with people telling you to stop overreacting. [View all] kpete Sep 2020 OP

Yeah, relax. Trump is too stupid to cause damage dalton99a Sep 2020 #1

Remember the "you can't take him literally. When he actually says [x], what he REALLY means is..." In It to Win It Sep 2020 #46

Trump is a "New York Democrat" RhodeIslandOne Sep 2020 #56

I'm a New York Democrat. SergeStorms Sep 2020 #64

It was a Conservative trying to talk down people with common sense. RhodeIslandOne Sep 2020 #65

Mattis will rein him in. No, Kelly. No, _______ (nt) klook Sep 2020 #67

yeh chill dweller Sep 2020 #2

No shit. Solly Mack Sep 2020 #3

My oldest brother ignored an old German physicist... Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2020 #13

I'll never understand why anyone thought America was immune to someone like Trump, Barr, McConnell Solly Mack Sep 2020 #19

I believe why people thought America was immune to the likes of Barr and McConnell standingtall Sep 2020 #38

I think that not everyone got that conditioning. Especially those who had to fight Solly Mack Sep 2020 #40

That German physicist predicted the future & knew what he was talking about. Perhaps that was Illumination Sep 2020 #55

It can happen anywhere; of course it can happen here. Magoo48 Sep 2020 #36

Vote. Protest. Worried about women's health choices? Volunteer to get around punitive measures Solly Mack Sep 2020 #37

Do whatever it takes to stop them Tiger8 Sep 2020 #51

What's overreacting for the goose is righteous anger for the gander. nolabear Sep 2020 #4

+1 superpatriotman Sep 2020 #5

Too many people say the same thing "It Can't Happen Here, not in the USA" Escurumbele Sep 2020 #6

"No one saw it coming!" PatSeg Sep 2020 #9

Predictable since SOB Raygun. kairos12 Sep 2020 #17

The real warning Mr.Bill Sep 2020 #29

As did W. not_the_one Sep 2020 #68

+1 Always other places, Third World like we are now appalachiablue Sep 2020 #31

I doubt that they do wee it happening in other countries. soldierant Sep 2020 #34

That's just it PatSeg Sep 2020 #42

K&R MustLoveBeagles Sep 2020 #7

K&R BlueJac Sep 2020 #8

I've been told to settle down ever since Reagan. mjvpi Sep 2020 #10

I've been told to since NIXON! Something like 32 years of my life WASTED by republican rule. BamaRefugee Sep 2020 #12

I've been told to since NIXON! Something like 32 years of my life WASTED by republican rule. BamaRefugee Sep 2020 #14

Why did you listen to them? Kaleva Sep 2020 #22

I don't see the OP that way. wnylib Sep 2020 #48

And history shows that trying to warn others is not an effective tactic. Kaleva Sep 2020 #54

Oh, this is the USA. We have checks and balances, we don't have to do a damn thing! RKP5637 Sep 2020 #11

THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 uponit7771 Sep 2020 #26

You know who was overreacting? The Tea Partiers. The MAGATs. Mr. Ected Sep 2020 #15

"BUT TEH CONSTITUTION!!!!" durablend Sep 2020 #16

When lazy, ignorant, greedy people without LuvNewcastle Sep 2020 #18

Fascism gives society's dullards a chance to become the elite and subjugate the "others" Yavin4 Sep 2020 #24

What do we do though? DSandra Sep 2020 #20

Ask them what they are so afraid of that wnylib Sep 2020 #49

Smedley Butler K/R appalachiablue Sep 2020 #21

Oh, yes. They surely picked the wrong general to invite, didn't they? soldierant Sep 2020 #35

Long, intact line from then to the present. Kid Berwyn Sep 2020 #59

This very much Meowmee Sep 2020 #23

History shows that the only way to prevent despots from gaining power is to kill or imprison them Kaleva Sep 2020 #25

Truth👆 I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2020 #43

Pollyanna's too bucolic_frolic Sep 2020 #27

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The evening of November 8th 2016. MontanaMama Sep 2020 #32

I keep looking for all the dropped shoes. C Moon Sep 2020 #33

Well said. Period. Ignore at your own (and our) peril. ie. Wake TF up!! Evolve Dammit Sep 2020 #39

40% of our population, I assume about 50% of white people, would love some fascism. johnthewoodworker Sep 2020 #41

That was true in the 1930's, although wnylib Sep 2020 #50

I highly recommend "Rhinoceros" by Eugene Ionesco DBoon Sep 2020 #44

Tx for posting, I hadn't thought of Ionesco in many years. appalachiablue Sep 2020 #63

Links Meowmee Sep 2020 #66

Yep. kentuck Sep 2020 #45

Rt.. nobody I know says we're "over reacting".. Cha Sep 2020 #47

Criminalizing protest Loge23 Sep 2020 #52

remember 2016 when people HERE said it was CRAZY to suggest Russia interfered Baltimike Sep 2020 #53

+1 dalton99a Sep 2020 #57

K&R bluewater Sep 2020 #58

thank you. This truth is llashram Sep 2020 #60

I am at the point where I don't think that overreacting is even a thing anymore Bettie Sep 2020 #61

Damn True. zentrum Sep 2020 #62