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45. The disease is spreading again. What is the cure? DU would make a great thinktank.

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One of the things that doomed Weimar Germany [View all] thucythucy Nov 2021 OP

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Nov 2021 #1

Read. Ninga Nov 2021 #2

K&R Bettie Nov 2021 #3

No, I don't think so. As carryovers wnylib Nov 2021 #22

They wouldn't had been concerned about it being political at that time. LiberalFighter Nov 2021 #55

Clear comparisons. yardwork Nov 2021 #4

Seems like we're getting there. triron Nov 2021 #5

K & R malaise Nov 2021 #6

It worked for them then, FoxNewsSucks Nov 2021 #7

When I see the Trump Flag caravans tooling around the city kairos12 Nov 2021 #8

Prior to the 2016 election KS Toronado Nov 2021 #14

One difference in our favor. wnylib Nov 2021 #23

This is indeed a huge difference. thucythucy Nov 2021 #46

May I build on what you wrote? KS Toronado Nov 2021 #66

All across America DENVERPOPS Nov 2021 #33

Amen. SergeStorms Nov 2021 #9

Sinclair Lewis Poiuyt Nov 2021 #15

I've always objected to "American Exceptionalism" mrsadm Nov 2021 #53

I've always thought that it's total BS. wnylib Nov 2021 #54

I've been wrong before KS Toronado Nov 2021 #10

Yes. As soon as socialists joined the party, nazi fascists murdered them & forbade using "socialist" ancianita Nov 2021 #12

Not quite. Not Democratic, sort of socialist. Voltaire2 Nov 2021 #19

The Social Democrats were a specific left wing party thucythucy Nov 2021 #39

No. Act_of_Reparation Nov 2021 #56

Just read some of what Goebbels wrote DFW Nov 2021 #59

K&R. JudyM Nov 2021 #11

1/6/21 and the Beer Hall Putsch are analogs Ponietz Nov 2021 #13

Yes, that's yet another similarity with the current USA. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #16

Maybe not to the same extreme just yet but luv2fly Nov 2021 #24

I've been secretive too! Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #26

You are not alone. mnhtnbb Nov 2021 #63

I am in lockstep with you luv2fly DENVERPOPS Nov 2021 #37

I think about staying quiet as well, then I remember Ilsa Nov 2021 #57

I was a teenager during the Reagen years Cosmocat Nov 2021 #71

so what can we do to protect our anti-fascists here in the US? cadoman Nov 2021 #17

I expanded on your absolutely accurate post in one of my own AZLD4Candidate Nov 2021 #18

Thank you DENVERPOPS Nov 2021 #40

I was teaching in Malaysia when Trump was elected. All of my students (ALL OF THEM) AZLD4Candidate Nov 2021 #43

I think your post hits a lot of important points thucythucy Nov 2021 #41

great info DENVERPOPS Nov 2021 #52

Kristallnacht mountain grammy Nov 2021 #20

Also, the "News" Media American Interregnum Nov 2021 #21

Hitler himself got a ridiculously light sentence... paleotn Nov 2021 #25

Not only a light sentence, thucythucy Nov 2021 #44

I draw a direct analogy to present day USA. ananda Nov 2021 #27

Excellent post, thucy PlanetBev Nov 2021 #28

We doom ourselves with our love affair with "liberty" and "freedom" Mr. Ected Nov 2021 #29

There was no Internet then gulliver Nov 2021 #30

I'm not clear on how the existence of the Internet thucythucy Nov 2021 #47

It's the Internet and smartphones in everyone's hands. gulliver Nov 2021 #50

You're probably right about this, at least I hope so. thucythucy Nov 2021 #62

You bring up some very good points gulliver Nov 2021 #65

Also......corrupt judges Mysterian Nov 2021 #31

Hitler's cushy prison life moondust Nov 2021 #32

+1 dalton99a Nov 2021 #51

Look at the recent gas pipeline ransomware attack that disrupted the east coast gas supply. I th Pepsidog Nov 2021 #34

Republicans might even cause a terrorist act like 9/11... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #35

I'm amazed at how much I don't know about history. I like to think I am fairly well read and have a Pepsidog Nov 2021 #36

I first heard about it from Noam Chomsky a few years ago. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #38

The Allies probably doomed the Weimer Republic more then anything else. Kaleva Nov 2021 #42

The whole "stab in the back" thucythucy Nov 2021 #48

The Great Depression probably sealed the fate of the Weimar Republic. Kaleva Nov 2021 #58

The disease is spreading again. What is the cure? DU would make a great thinktank. housecat Nov 2021 #45

KnR Hekate Nov 2021 #49

Knr BLM4ever Nov 2021 #60

One of the main reasons the Weimarer Republik failed, and hasn't yet been cited here DFW Nov 2021 #61

You raise an excellent point. thucythucy Nov 2021 #67

For the record, it wasn't my synopsis DFW Nov 2021 #68

For those seeking a silver lining bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 #64

K&R, uponit7771 Nov 2021 #69

See Babylon Berlin on Netflix Captain_New_York Nov 2021 #70