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felix_numinous

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24. Anyone who lived through those times hears alarm bells with Trump
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 09:08 PM
Mar 2016

A country with decades of economic collapse, the fall of the middle class, the scapegoating of citizens (execution style), all after decades of schools being dumbed down (not teaching civics anymore?)...if anyone is familiar with the book The True Believers by Erich Hoffman, he explains the rise of the Nazis by breaking down what types of people and what social conditions are in place for extremism to occur. We are ripe for this, and if social media is mis-used to their advantage they can gain ground.

People of conscience should have NEVER fed this man's ego and talked such a man into running for president, that was truly an evil thing to do, I think all of the racist violence going on today is totally related to his being in the spotlight, he is egging on the worst people. I wish more than anything he is deemed a domestic threat and taken out of the running.

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People need to hear more of this. LiberalFighter Mar 2016 #1
Kicking. love_katz Mar 2016 #2
A very important post malaise Mar 2016 #3
I am deathly afraid of what a Drumpf administration would bring. Initech Mar 2016 #4
thank you for posting this onethatcares Mar 2016 #5
This is great but you'd help her by giving it paragraph breaks Arazi Mar 2016 #6
I fixed that for the OP down below in my post #12 below. nt tblue37 Mar 2016 #13
Thank you! Much improved Arazi Mar 2016 #16
How many of us have fathers and grandfathers who fought against fascism in WWII world wide wally Mar 2016 #7
Powerful! Well worth the read. Duppers Mar 2016 #8
Brave woman and Protestors. Drumpf is stirring the pot of Hatred and Exclusion. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #9
Beautiful Rebkeh Mar 2016 #10
Wow, I can feel your anguish Dr. Xavier Mar 2016 #11
My dad was also under Patton. He was an engineer during the Battle of the Buldge Jim Beard Mar 2016 #23
Undoubtedly you posted this exactly as it appears in the original, tblue37 Mar 2016 #12
Thank you, and thanks to the OP. I hope the young author reaches many beyond her family. nt Hekate Mar 2016 #15
KnR elljay Mar 2016 #14
Bernie Is The Only Antidote cantbeserious Mar 2016 #17
Correct you are. eom Enthusiast Mar 2016 #19
I too fear a Trump presidency WHEN CRABS ROAR Mar 2016 #18
Some People Are Fearful With Either Choice - Trump Or HRC - For Different Reasons cantbeserious Mar 2016 #20
Like I have said before. WHEN CRABS ROAR Mar 2016 #21
Roger That cantbeserious Mar 2016 #22
Anyone who lived through those times hears alarm bells with Trump felix_numinous Mar 2016 #24
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