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Jan 14 2021 05:57pm
At this point the parallels are too much to ignore.

Both Nazism and Trumpism are CULT's of personality. Followers uncritically proclaim Trump their god just like Hitler. Blaming groups of people(Media/Democrats/Liberals/Immigrants) for the problems.

The groups being blamed are all powerful and controlling everything behind the scenes while also being weak/stupid/impure.(Deep state/Democrats/Liberals/Immigrants)

The Trumpists are now using violence against their political opponents just like the SA and SS in 1930's Germany.

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After January 30, 1933, Hitler’s coalition government acted to effectively give Nazi paramilitary units control of the German streets. The SA, which had dramatically increased in size with Nazi electoral success, numbering some 3 million members by mid-1934, disrupted or shut down Leftist assemblies and protests, often with police support. In mid-February, Hermann Göring, the newly named Prussian Minister of the Interior, ordered the police not to hinder SA and SS actions, but to help them. Shortly thereafter, he created an auxiliary police force out of these two Nazi orders. As a result, their violent actions were given state sanction. Within days of the Reichstag Fire, and the resulting presidential decree for the Protection of the People and State (February 28), the SA and SS escalated the violence against Nazi political opponents. Thousands of Communists and Social Democrats were arrested and jailed. In March—April 1933, an estimated 40,000 to 50,000 political foes were taken into “protective custody” (Schutzhaft) and imprisoned in concentration camps. The SA and SS routinely beat up and tortured political opponents and vandalized, looted, or destroyed leftist parties’ offices. Sometimes, individuals were murdered.



The American Fascists(Trumpists) have escalated things just like the SA and SS in 1930's Germany, blaming their political opponents at every turn and using violence and fear to intimidate. They are trying to create an authoritarian regime and kill democracy just like in the Weimar Republic.


What are sane, rational American's to do?





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Jan 14 2021 06:00pm
low iq as fuck

i feel sorry for your mother.
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Jan 14 2021 06:03pm
Quote (endymionlune @ Jan 14 2021 06:57pm)
What are sane, rational American's to do?


Multiple Republicans have come out saying "they can't vote against trump because im afraid my family will die"

Should we laugh or feel bad for them?

Surely there has to be a path out of the cult if we're to fix this, but damn its hard not to laugh at the amount of finding out going on lately.
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Jan 14 2021 06:08pm
Quote (Mangix @ Jan 14 2021 07:03pm)
Multiple Republicans have come out saying "they can't vote against trump because im afraid my family will die"

Should we laugh or feel bad for them?

Surely there has to be a path out of the cult if we're to fix this, but damn its hard not to laugh at the amount of finding out going on lately.


At this point it's too serious to laugh. These people are mentally deranged and in a cult, I'm honestly not sure about the correct steps. Somehow deradicalization must take place.

I think the first step is banning things like Foxnews, OAN, that are not actual news, but just entertainment and opinions. Break up facebook? I'm honestly not sure.

edit: The republicans claiming they cannot vote against trump are cowards. It's another example of Trumpism as a cult. People are actually threatening violence.

This post was edited by endymionlune on Jan 14 2021 06:10pm
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Quote (endymionlune @ Jan 14 2021 07:08pm)
At this point it's too serious to laugh. These people are mentally deranged and in a cult, I'm honestly not sure about the correct steps. Somehow deradicalization must take place.

I think the first step is banning things like Foxnews, OAN, that are not actual news, but just entertainment and opinions. Break up facebook? I'm honestly not sure.


That would definitely not deradicalize them I can assure you.

https://twitter.com/PhilipRucker/status/1349739174098685955

in regards to the edit, see above. Homie buying body armor out of fear.

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That would definitely not deradicalize them I can assure you.


That's why this problem is so difficult. They are so attached to Trumpism as a belief system for their lives. That is the definition of a cult.

edit: I get that they are scared, but it's the future of American democracy at stake. They need to do the right thing no matter what, now is not a time for weakness. But yes it is terrifying.

This post was edited by endymionlune on Jan 14 2021 06:14pm
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ahh its been a while. rip widow. #bringbackthedoor
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Jan 14 2021 06:15pm
The sane, rational thing to do is to treat people with respect. Get the crazies to calm down and hold our leaders accountable.
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The sane, rational thing to do is to treat people with respect. Get the crazies to calm down and hold our leaders accountable.


I agree. But you cant bring a hug to a knife fight. If we cannot agree on facts then what? I'm all for civility, but we cannot have it without accountability for those in power that have fueled the cult of Trumpism.

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