Trump looking like Hitler more and more..

Natalie Bourne · Nov 15, 2016

anyone read this article https://www.washingtonpost.com/post...-make-sure-you-know-what-youre-talking-about/

futurecurrents · Nov 15, 2016

jem said:
does chomsky gloss over the important parts of bad govt history out of ignorance?

Does he know about having to bring in a shopping cart of cash to buy a loaf of bread. does he not of the problematic war reparations... Did he not learn of the decay of german cities?

its odd that Chomsky realizes wages have not gone up in 30 years. So why would he not realize that Trumps solution of halting immigration is quite rational.

Here is a primer for chomsky. hitler is what happens when you have bad govt...
what we need is govt that makes rational choices... like halting immigration til we have a decade of wage improvement and a return to a good standard of living to the middle class....

http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/classes/33d/projects/1920s/Econ20s.htm

At first Germany tried to recover from the war by way of social spending. Germany began creating transportation projects, modernization of power plants and gas works. These were all used to battle the increasing unemployment rate. Social spending was rising at an unbelievable rate. In 1913 the government was spending approximately 20.5 per resident; by 1925 it had risen to almost 65 marks per resident and finally in 1929 it reached over one hundred marks per resident. The elevating amounts of money which were used for social spending combined with plummeting revenues caused continuing deficits. Eventually the municipal finance collapsed in 1930. Although it seemed as if the collapse was due to debt, in actuality ordinary budgets were the reason for the initial collapse. Municipal officials and politicians were unable to restore order to the budgets. Further adding to Germany's economic problems, the revenue from income tax began to fall. In 1913, over fifty three percent of all tax revenues was from income, but in 1925, it dropped down to 28%. As the returns on income taxes decreased, the government began to depend much more on state trade and property tax. The government also became highly dependent on the profits made from municipal utilities, such as electric power plants.

Even with all of Germany's economic shortcomings, it could have still been possible to make reparation payments if foreign countries had not placed protective tariffs on Germany's goods. With the income Germany could have gained by selling goods in foreign countries, for relatively low prices, reparation payments could have become feasible. The protective tariffs made this idea impossible and further depressed the German economy. Faced with reparation payments they could not afford, Germany began printing exaggerated amounts of money. This threw Germany into a state of super inflation. Inflation reached the point where millions of marks were worthless. Cartoons of the time depicted people with wheelbarrows full of money who could not buy a loaf of bread. "With the approach of world crisis foreign lenders withdrew capital and markets further closed against German imports" (Sweezy 8). The United States was an extremely significant example of this. When the U.S. was hit by the great depression they immediately sought to get the loans, which they had made to German, paid back. This, in addition to all of Germany's other problems, practically caused the German economy to collapse.

With Germany at its weakest and most vulnerable point, Hitler took the opportunity to begin his ascent to power. Even to this date, in a country as diverse and liberally minded as the United States, when the economy is down people desire somewhere to place the blame. For example, the current use of illegal immigrants from Mexico as scapegoats for economic hardships. In Germany, Hitler used the Jewish people as a scapegoat for all of Germany's problems. With disproportional numbers of wealthy Jewish business owners, Hitler convinced much of Germany that the Jews were to blame for the poor economic state.

Hitler had two significant ideas that helped launch him in to power. He had someone to blame for the economy and he had a plan for a swift economic recovery. Hitler outlined a plan where in four years he would completely eliminate unemployment throughout Germany. Even though his plan was a plan that would not raise the level of income for the enrichment of the people but an economic plan for military strength and victory the German people were eager to see any economic success. Hitler used an extremely detail and well-organized plan for economic revitalization. Through his method, Hitler was able to keep his promise of economic growth and begin his climb to powe
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Did not read.

LacesOut · Nov 16, 2016

futurecurrents said:
Did not read.
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Cannot read...

wildchild · Nov 16, 2016

I thought Bush was Hitler, now you are saying it is Trump?

Buy1Sell2 · Nov 16, 2016

futurecurrents said:
Here we go, Trump picks a white nationalist CT'r as stategist.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...on-appointment-met-criticism-online/93785142/
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Good Lord. Relax

fhl · Nov 16, 2016

The losers of the election are united in saying that Trump must adopt the policies that the losers advocated in the election.

It's descending into farce.

futurecurrents · Nov 16, 2016

Buy1Sell2 said:
Good Lord. Relax
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....says another ignorant one that denies science and one of the biggest problems that threatens mankind and all life on earth. Sorry, but idiots telling me to relax doesn't help.

CaptainObvious · Nov 16, 2016

Looks like anyone who disagrees is Hitler. As with racism, when everyone has the label, said label loses all meaning.

Buy1Sell2 · Nov 16, 2016

futurecurrents said:
....says another ignorant one that denies science and one of the biggest problems that threatens mankind and all life on earth. Sorry, but idiots telling me to relax doesn't help.
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Classic Lib personal attack. (Desended to immediately)

futurecurrents · Nov 16, 2016

Buy1Sell2 said:
Classic Lib personal attack. (Desended to immediately)
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Yes, I am going to call science denying idiots science denying idiots. Tough shit, idiot.