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I used to wonder that too, I don't any longer. dem4decades Jan 2021 #1
Indeed. Let no one ever say it can't happen here. unblock Jan 2021 #2
Great post - very well said. THANK YOU! n/t MFGsunny Jan 2021 #3
I've never wondered Johnny2X2X Jan 2021 #4
Yep, I used to wonder exactly the same thing, and now we see how gullible and delusional people RKP5637 Jan 2021 #5
The QAnon conspiracy theoies that tens of millions of Americans have swallowed whole Tom Rinaldo Jan 2021 #11
We are in a real life history lesson of monumental proportions. Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #6
Has it really been that short of a period? wnylib Jan 2021 #52
I agree it was decades in the making, but when Trump came into office it was on steroids. Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #54
Yes, Trump was open about things that wnylib Jan 2021 #64
this llashram Jan 2021 #7
Yeah, it's a kick in the pants. BUT the HOPE is in a DEMOCRACY we fight like hell to keep them OUT. TigressDem Jan 2021 #8
Remember that his first wife used to say he had two books on his night table on Hitler... Frustratedlady Jan 2021 #9
I had read that once too, and have thought about it often ... in may ways he was RKP5637 Jan 2021 #31
The Obama Economy limited the damage Shermann Jan 2021 #10
I recall reading about how incredibly bad the German economy was. luvtheGWN Jan 2021 #24
The American analog to Weimar Germany's psychological uncertainty misanthrope Jan 2021 #57
Yes. I always felt that the Tea Party luvtheGWN Jan 2021 #65
I saw punditry opine the racial motivations in the Tea Party misanthrope Jan 2021 #68
That was something I always thought that it couldn't happen here. I thought it was part doc03 Jan 2021 #12
Hawley's national aspirations are over. Turin_C3PO Jan 2021 #18
Tom Cotton is now the one to look out for. GoneOffShore Jan 2021 #19
He's pretty boring though. Turin_C3PO Jan 2021 #20
There is that, but I still worry. The derplorables may want boring for a bit. GoneOffShore Jan 2021 #28
Ron DeSantis. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2021 #33
Totally agree with that. GoneOffShore Jan 2021 #46
Yes, Turin_C3PO Jan 2021 #49
+1 good call appalachiablue Jan 2021 #90
Excellent. The playbook is always the same, from Mussolini to Orban and Mike 03 Jan 2021 #13
Germany's history should point the way to solving our problem nuxvomica Jan 2021 #14
Great points Tom Rinaldo Jan 2021 #21
So in your opinion misanthrope Jan 2021 #67
Sadly, I know a lot less about Reconstruction than I should Tom Rinaldo Jan 2021 #70
Yeah, that would be the closest analog to what you suggest for a domestic Marshall Plan misanthrope Jan 2021 #72
Grant was an amazing man. mountain grammy Jan 2021 #89
Thanks so much. I will check it out n/t Tom Rinaldo Jan 2021 #94
Who is the outside agency that will do that for us? misanthrope Jan 2021 #58
Reconstruction is basically the Biden agenda nuxvomica Jan 2021 #63
+1, This is OP worthy uponit7771 Jan 2021 #73
Economics is known as political economy, for the most part, in Europe, for a reason bucolic_frolic Jan 2021 #15
There can be no unity with lying, murderous fascists. Insurrection must have consequences. dalton99a Jan 2021 #16
Apathy and not wanting to get involved. BarbD Jan 2021 #17
Cultural chasms misanthrope Jan 2021 #59
Yes, I wondered too. mountain grammy Jan 2021 #22
I always knew it could happen here, people are people, once just didn't think it would. Hortensis Jan 2021 #23
Hadn't seen that quote from Frum before. Very sobering Tom Rinaldo Jan 2021 #30
Sure. It's always been the mainstream's job to contain extremists Hortensis Jan 2021 #41
This virus creates a lot of chaos if you want to push a fascist takeover. BrightKnight Jan 2021 #25
Excellent Short Opinion Escurumbele Jan 2021 #26
Propaganda works dlk Jan 2021 #27
If the right isn't severely punished for their insurrection, the next one by them will win. lark Jan 2021 #29
I feel strongly Turin_C3PO Jan 2021 #34
I hope you are right about both parts and that our side stays very engaged. lark Jan 2021 #37
This message was self-deleted by its author Turin_C3PO Jan 2021 #35
+1, they only needed one of the Molitov Cocktails to light up the whole capital and prevent the ... uponit7771 Jan 2021 #75
They claimed they would make Germany great again IronLionZion Jan 2021 #32
I have seen newspaper publishers use the same technique misanthrope Jan 2021 #60
Yep, same here. Guess we got a in real time history lesson in authoritarianism. Jetheels Jan 2021 #36
Spot on! peggysue2 Jan 2021 #38
Exactly. Turin_C3PO Jan 2021 #44
"Learning From the Germans" GREAT book on this topic ... billwtea Jan 2021 #39
The Filibuster is a weapon of authoritarians. Causes Public distrust of Democracy Tommymac Jan 2021 #40
my mother always told me to never think it couldn't happen here. yellowdogintexas Jan 2021 #42
THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾, FAUX News like information is 100% dangerous and should be fact checked! People uponit7771 Jan 2021 #43
Absolutely.. msfiddlestix Jan 2021 #45
I am watching again after many years Ken Burns The Civil War and it becomes clear that the former Pepsidog Jan 2021 #47
So you favor succession which the Civil War was fought to prevent? former9thward Jan 2021 #78
No I didn't mean secession. I am being petty and mean financial support. Blue states carrying red Pepsidog Jan 2021 #81
The combination of digital media and universal suffrage probably dooms democracy Klaralven Jan 2021 #48
I think I get your point, but ultimately I reject it Tom Rinaldo Jan 2021 #51
Then that's why there should be a Fact Check Group or something close, the media must police them uponit7771 Jan 2021 #76
My thoughts on this tiredtoo Jan 2021 #50
The Democrats Turin_C3PO Jan 2021 #74
I am going to have to politely disagree with you. NT tiredtoo Jan 2021 #82
In the 60's "How could this happen?" In 2021 "We were robbed!" PurgedVoter Jan 2021 #53
And they brandish a copy of the constitution while they trample upon the real one Tom Rinaldo Jan 2021 #55
K&R. Nt raccoon Jan 2021 #56
Silence was a big factor. Behind the Aegis Jan 2021 #61
You are overselling the importance of economic anxiety. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2021 #62
Actually I tried to indirectly make that point Tom Rinaldo Jan 2021 #71
+1, and it wasn't the whole nation either. Hitler and the NAZI party had only 38% support at its ... uponit7771 Jan 2021 #77
The NSDAP was only able to take power... Act_of_Reparation Jan 2021 #92
+1, so much this too uponit7771 Jan 2021 #95
The West allowed Germany to become a place where someone like Hitler could make it to the top DFW Jan 2021 #66
"Germany had a logical explanation as to why 1933 happened." 👈🏾 THIS!!! I dispute that Germany was uponit7771 Jan 2021 #84
How was Hitler allowed to become ruler? Well, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2021 #69
It is wrong to ascribe Meowmee Jan 2021 #79
Many nations have long histories of deeply embedded hatreds Tom Rinaldo Jan 2021 #83
It was not just glowing embers in Germany and Eastern Europe and elsewhere Meowmee Jan 2021 #91
Both tragic and frightening, but it's true. BobTheSubgenius Jan 2021 #80
I used to wonder how groups like Al Qaeda and the Taliban got started. Initech Jan 2021 #85
"Good times" are a matter of definiton NoGOPZone Jan 2021 #86
Yes and had he who shall not be named actually been smarter... jimlup Jan 2021 #87
In the 1930's America wasn't such a "bastion against fascism"... AntiFascist Jan 2021 #88
The Weimar Republic was a democracy in its infancy... Wounded Bear Jan 2021 #93
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