staged fascism wrote:
Fat hurts wrote:
Of course, I'm not saying that Trump is as bad as Hitler. But this is still early days and Trump has shown that he doesn't mind committing atrocities like stealing children. He even seems to relish it.
Hitler did not become the monster he became suddenly. The morphed over time. If you look back how Hitler achieved power by hate mongering it eerily follows what Trump is doing, and what other dictator types have done.
One of the defining characteristics of fascist rise to power is the creation of a myth that says the nation needs to return to its former greatness. Sound familiar?