The Weapons of Dictatorship: Terror and Propaganda 1933-1939 “There is no bloodshed in the country, but oppression, oppression, oppression. No one breathes freely anymore, no free word, neither printed nor spoken.” https://exhibitions.ushmm.org/propa...weapons-of-dictatorship-terror-and-propaganda History is much like trading. In trading, we analyze past prices to predict future movements and learn from previous mistakes to avoid repeating them. Similarly, history allows us to anticipate the future by examining the past and helps us steer clear of past errors.
This was the path of the Democrats *pack the court *remove the filibusterer *centralize power by nationalizing all the States function, ( health, education, voting, medicare,commerce) *canceling opposing social media opinions We were saved from that...Federalism is the check against fascism
If you haven't already, please click on the link I've provided and read the entire article. I prefer to stay nonpartisan, only wishing folks like you to accurately know what happened in the past so that you can be better equipped to handle future crisis.
hard these days to bring up Hitler and stay non-partisan The Democrats have brain washed their Zombies to think Nazis are running the government
Most, if not all, of Elitetrader’s "right" have little to no metacognition, and many are quite old and a shadow of themselves when they joined. They don’t reflect on their own thinking, and tend to adopt whatever has been most frequently repeated to them at any given time. In a way, they function like human LLMs, regurgitating patterns of speech without true comprehension or self-awareness. The only way to get through to them is in person, where they can’t retreat. The Trump/fascism haters here amuse each other with jokes, a little wit, gallows humour, some new memes but virtually all interaction with the Trump guys is a kind of morbid curiosity, not real debate*. Not necessarily mentally healthy but habits form. *If there were an actual formal debate with judges, some on the left would have to adapt, but the Trumpers simply could not win. They operate in a realm of mostly what feels good is "truth" and they are incapable of applying formal logic to their arguments for any length of time.
Thanks for that long-winded explanation. I've been here since like 2002 (this is actually my second monicker), but I hardly ever visit this part of the forum. Politics is just too damn controversial for my taste. However, I've made 3 posts already, all within this month. That's because Trump is displaying the same dangerous behavior as Hitler when Hitler ascended to power. This is, frankly, quite alarming.
Well I broke my leg the other day (massive fracture but as good as broke, needed surgery) so long winded distracts from the discomfort All long termers in politics who are not in the cult, have been saying exactly this since 2016. As an extreme narcissist and authoratarian, things could only go in one historically familiar direction. Trump is not Hitler, just he uses the techniques of mass influence and such.
You might ask, what does he exactly mean by "there are methods"? I'll tell you what he meant, in plain English: military coup. If you still think he's not dangerous, you need to get your head out of your ass.