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In their ignorance the Trump campaign delivered a nice own goal: if they love the 2nd Reich of 1871 so much they should adopt a couple of their policies.
Universal healthcare for example - introduced in 1883 by a conservative chancellor by the name of Bismarck.
The debates are going to be hilarious. Biden is diminished, but Trump has completely lost the script. Debates last for an hour or two.
Biden might fuck up a name or other detail, but Trump is going to vomit insanity all over everyone who didn’t go into the debate already agreeing with his madness.
Shane Gillis’ bit on Trump’s debates was spot on. At the very least they’ll be hilarious
“Ted, your wife’s ugly as a dog”
And the scary thing is, a significant portion of the country will actively cheer him on for it. The dude could go into a full on fugue state, take a shit on the stage and start jacking off, and the MAGA dipshits would still be talking about how that's somehow 4d chess
Yup it's like Trump has some magical realism aura where he's allowed carte blanche for literally everything.
Propaganda is a bitch
I wish I could say I was surprised. I feel like the brakes are off the fascism train these days. Hopefully I'm wrong.
I’ve come to the same conclusion. I’ve been wrapped up in political bullshit for years but trying to pull myself out because in all that time, no matter who wins, shit gets worse. The system does what the system will do and right now it seems determined to self immolate.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
NEW YORK (AP) — A video posted to Donald Trump’s account on his social media network Monday included references to a “unified Reich” among hypothetical news headlines if he wins the election in November.
It was posted and shared on the former president’s Truth Social account while he was on a lunch break from his Manhattan hush money trial.
Earlier this month, Trump said at a fundraiser that Biden is running a “Gestapo administration,” referring to the secret Nazi police force.
Trump previously used rhetoric echoing Adolf Hitler when he said immigrants entering the U.S. illegally are “poisoning the blood of our country,” and called his opponents “vermin.”
At least one of the headlines flashing in the video appears to be text that is copied verbatim from a Wikipedia entry on World War I: “German industrial strength and production had significantly increased after 1871, driven by the creation of a unified Reich.”
In one image, the headlines “Border Is Closed” and “15 Million Illegal Aliens Deported” appear above smaller text with the start and end dates of World War I.
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