• lennybird@lemmy.world
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      It’s amazing how many times I’ve seen historians say that this is exactly how historic examples of fascism come about. First people laugh and think 'that would never happen. It’s too absurd. Then as day turns steadily into night you look around and realize it’s there and it’s too late.

      I have zero respect for anyone who continues to support the Republican Party, let alone Donald Trump. I can’t help but see the same gullible, immoral, selfish fools that supported the likes of Hitler in the early 30s.

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        The 100th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch was last week. History doesn’t repeat, but it certainly rhymes.

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          4 days ago

          I missed this somehow a year ago. Now with Trump actually in power again it’s more accurate than it would have been if I had replied to this a year ago:

          History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce