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BlueIdaho

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69. I mostly agree with you but I have a question.

Sat Nov 20, 2021, 10:54 PM

Nov 2021

If this is so well understood, and the Third Reich was so adept at manipulating the levers of power why did it only last for roughly 6 to 8 years? Why in the end did it’s leaders swing from ropes, die by firing squads, and commit suicide?

Finally, if this is all so easily done, why was TFG a one term, twice impeached President?

Again I agree that to be forewarned is to be forearmed and thanks very much for your posts!

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Quick history lesson for those who don't understand what is happening now [View all] AZLD4Candidate Nov 2021 OP

Yep...you got it.... ashredux Nov 2021 #1

Fascist regime. Communist regime. Doesn't matter. Authoritarianism is the key AZLD4Candidate Nov 2021 #15

I'm not entirely convinced of that. plimsoll Nov 2021 #35

Holodomor - The targeted starvation of Ukranians AZLD4Candidate Nov 2021 #39

Not to minimize that situation, but can you ascribe that to Stalin? plimsoll Nov 2021 #45

He cut off food supplies to Ukraine to break their national spirit AZLD4Candidate Nov 2021 #46

Fascism has authoritarian control built into it. Communism does not Farmer-Rick Nov 2021 #40

I didn't say it was. I said authoritarianism was. AZLD4Candidate Nov 2021 #42

Yep. Ohioboy Nov 2021 #51

True Communism is good, especially when it is voluntary and no one is looking to control. TigressDem Nov 2021 #63

Yeah in Russia they took the means of production from the filthy rich Farmer-Rick Nov 2021 #79

Communism is an economic system - or teory. soldierant Nov 2021 #49

So much this no more needs to be said... cayugafalls Nov 2021 #2

Very important points! I would also add this: lastlib Nov 2021 #3

All of those characteristics were evident after 9/11. llmart Nov 2021 #41

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The fourteen points are the fourteen points. soldierant Nov 2021 #50

Doesn't that make it MORE ironic? TigressDem Nov 2021 #64

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Great Post. SayItLoud Nov 2021 #5

Just keep slogging at it and maybe I can turn on the light to all of this AZLD4Candidate Nov 2021 #7

Thanks for this great post. SayItLoud Nov 2021 #6

This 10,000 % msfiddlestix Nov 2021 #8

This is real. I am so frustrated at the media. lucca18 Nov 2021 #9

Also add in how they get and maintain power Poiuyt Nov 2021 #10

Maintaining power is easy AZLD4Candidate Nov 2021 #11

Another great boogie man is manifested in 'The War on Terror'. panader0 Nov 2021 #32

In the 1950s the boogie man was wnylib Nov 2021 #56

Another aspect is the clogging up of the legislature... Wounded Bear Nov 2021 #12

Changes in media make it easier every century leftstreet Nov 2021 #13

Historians like me have always considered how more effect he would have been with TV AZLD4Candidate Nov 2021 #14

Social media would have been detrimental for him leftstreet Nov 2021 #18

Unless you control it like the Chinese/all others do: Ban and block it. AZLD4Candidate Nov 2021 #19

LOL how cunning leftstreet Nov 2021 #22

Communications are always targeted wnylib Nov 2021 #59

indeed - this is important Locrian Nov 2021 #16

I've always said whoever uses the new technology best wins AZLD4Candidate Nov 2021 #23

And Twitter. Hitler would have loved it. wnylib Nov 2021 #58

BAM! teach... llashram Nov 2021 #17

An attack on critical infrastructure like the internet or electrical grid before an Pepsidog Nov 2021 #20

Stalin said "it doesn't matter who votes. It matters who counts the votes." AZLD4Candidate Nov 2021 #21

What they did to this website on election day 2016 Mr.Bill Nov 2021 #36

Bookmarked, kicked, and recommended. Thanks for sharing. Auggie Nov 2021 #24

Generally true but there was no Internet then and no smartphone in the hand of everyone gulliver Nov 2021 #25

I've always said "Control the language, control the debate." AZLD4Candidate Nov 2021 #26

There was radio. It was another transformation of the Information Age, also perfectly timed. (Nt) FreepFryer Nov 2021 #33

Germans were required to have a communal radio in every town, forced by Party officials AZLD4Candidate Nov 2021 #43

The difference now is that the fear, hatred, anger and bigotry is all GOP, not the whole country traitorsgalore Nov 2021 #27

As I say in my class about Nazi Germany AZLD4Candidate Nov 2021 #29

Cute little quote but Americans won't sit back if repigs try to exterminate 1/3rd of the population traitorsgalore Nov 2021 #60

+1 uponit7771 Nov 2021 #81

Succinct. K&R Tom Yossarian Joad Nov 2021 #28

Thank you, explains a lot Joinfortmill Nov 2021 #30

KnR. n/t iluvtennis Nov 2021 #31

What's different is Mr.Bill Nov 2021 #34

Cult members will never see that. That's why they're cultists. llmart Nov 2021 #44

K & R malaise Nov 2021 #37

KnR Hekate Nov 2021 #38

Appealing to emotion JMCKUSICK Nov 2021 #48

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They've been primed for decades. BeckyDem Nov 2021 #54

Very informative post ... SarcasticSatyr Nov 2021 #55

Main difference I see ymetca Nov 2021 #57

Can't you see? PTWB Nov 2021 #77

Bookmarked Hekate Nov 2021 #61

Reading Thom Hartman's Book "The Hidden History of American Oligarchy" TigressDem Nov 2021 #62

This is a great post that everyone should read wackadoo wabbit Nov 2021 #68

I mostly agree with you but I have a question. BlueIdaho Nov 2021 #69

To answer your questions AZLD4Candidate Nov 2021 #70

As a Civics/Economics/American History teacher for 25 years, I wholeheartedly agree lees1975 Nov 2021 #71

Kicked, Recommended and bookmarked, thanks! eom LittleGirl Nov 2021 #72

Great post! Thanks! burrowowl Nov 2021 #73

Excellent post! Now the question is: How do we combat this? LaMouffette Nov 2021 #74

BA in history here. I agree. nt Roisin Ni Fiachra Nov 2021 #75

Here's a link to what Americans in the 21st century are doing to combat the fascists... traitorsgalore Nov 2021 #76

When a person's emotions are ramped up, their ability to think logically is short-circuited dlk Nov 2021 #78

K&R, uponit7771 Nov 2021 #80