Voting One's Conscience

[malthaussen]

99. The point is relevant for those who saw it coming.

One advantage we in 2016 have over the Germans of the '30s is hindsight: we have already seen how a fascist government can rise and cast the world into turmoil, destroying itself and millions in the process. Though one can argue that there were (and are) plenty of examples prior to the '30s from which one could learn, they were not so fresh (nor so well-publicized) as the Nazis are in the present day. A poster above suggested that "ignorance" might account for someone honestly thinking Mr Trump is the lesser of evils compared to another candidate. Surely the same ignorance played a role in the reactions of some to Mr Hitler's rise. It was, shall we say, inconceivable that things would turn out as they did. But the parallels between how some belittle and sell Mr Trump short, and how some did the same with Mr Hitler, are plain. Arguably, we now have less excuse than they then, exactly because of the story of Mr Hitler.

-- Mal