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AverageOldGuy

(3,635 posts)
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 12:11 PM Jul 2022

The US is moving rapidly down the same path taken by Germany in the 1920's-30's . . . [View all]

. . . with the same outcome awaiting us:
-- Marginalization, even violence, against "them"
-- A "re-educated" judiciary
-- Brown Shirts roving the streets, breaking up non-MAGA meetings, attacking election officials
-- Elections turned into a farce with the outcome pre-determined
-- No regulations on corporations
-- Labor unions outlawed

We are sleepwalking into fascism and we have only ourselves to blame:
-- We ignored the Powell Memo
-- We thought Newt's "Language: A Key Mechanism of Control" was silly
-- And we are still practicing reaching across the aisle, compromising with the Devils

Our new passports were delivered last week. Because of my Swiss ancestry, we are visiting the Swiss Embassy/Consulate in DC next week to investigate moving for our last years.

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Did Germany have anything even remotely equivalent to Fox News? Initech Jul 2022 #1
The Allies broke up the Axis powers' media monopolies in the immediate post-WWII era. keep_left Jul 2022 #6
To a great extent they did moniss Jul 2022 #7
They would have if they could have, but... localroger Jul 2022 #9
Of course they did. Act_of_Reparation Jul 2022 #10
You are right on the money. BlueBloodedAmerican Jul 2022 #2
I began moniss Jul 2022 #11
No. fightforfreedom Jul 2022 #3
Nope . .. Lovie777 Jul 2022 #4
Have you guys ever read "It Can't Happen Here"? Novara Jul 2022 #5
We may not be long moniss Jul 2022 #13
I will never abandon my country to fascism Skittles Jul 2022 #8
And Italy before that DavidDvorkin Jul 2022 #12
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