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He is also similar in making an enemy of the press (Lügenpresse), of fomenting ethno-nationalism (poisoning the blood of our country), blaming and threatening The Other (LGBTQ+, illegals, immigrants, blacks, etc), subverting democratic norms, among other things.
But I guess if he's your guy you don't see anything wrong with any of that and instead cheer it on. People like that are pieces of shit.
And of course Hitler worked up to the Final Solution, it didn't start at scale from the beginning. Did you want to wait to see if he mass murders entire groups before maybe thinking about changing your view of him or what?
But comparison isn't even needed. Based on his words and actions alone, Trump shouldn't be anywhere near power, as is obvious to many, but not enough.
He’s not “my guy”. Just putting things in perspective around here. This is fat and content America and not Weimar Germany so good luck putting together a path to a “final solution”. Almost hysterical. Trump seems to be the only one against war unlike almost all establishment politicians. Biden is slinging bombs and artillery like our GDP depends on it…oh it does. I’d love to see some examples of these threats towards “The Others” because I don’t see them. Illegal immigrants, sure, they can gtfo, we have laws for a reason.
We can agree that Trump should not be the President. That is obvious but we should not fear whoever holds the position. The foundational structure of our branched government with functional checks and balances along with the constitution are the reasons America has and will continue to persevere.
I'm going to engage against my better judgement, hopefully you're open to a civil conversation.
I used to feel like you do a bit, especially before he got elected. My worst case scenario in my head was he would flail around and yell about random things but congress and the judiciary would keep things ore or less the same for the country until the next guy could take over and organize once again. I remember the day he was announced as the winner my wife was freaking out and I chuckled, pointed at these checks and balances, and went on with life.
That lasted maybe a few weeks before I started seeing state reps shift their message to align with the guy no matter what they had done or said in the past and it seemed a little off the rails for America as I knew it. Then senators. Then judges. Now it's the norm that you toe the line with him if you're in the party or you don't stay around to vote otherwise. Checks and balances dont exist unless everyone in power agrees to keep them. The party strategy for years now is simply "do what the guy says" under threat of losing your position or violence. It's only balanced in theory, and the fact people like you don't seem to acknowledge it is the concerning thing to me. America WAS great when people could debate civily and slowly move things over a long period of time to what was popular, not when sweeping policies that directly harm immigrants, the poor, and other countries are the hot new thing that everyone jumps on while giving tax breaks to donors and throwing more fuel on the firesof hate and fear. Our country has become an international joke, believe me I traveled a lot over the last 20 years and we really slid off the moral high ground after MAGA became a thing. Make America great again man, I miss it.
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