"As the United States hovers at the edge of fascism, the history of Germany can help."
~ Timothy Snyder
As Snyder notes, there's a taboo in American culture and media against comparing anything happening in the US — the land of innocence and goodness — to Hitler's Germany is verboten. Even when the comparisons are glaringly obvious….
But history is there to teach us.
#Trump #fascism #cruelty #PoliticsofHate #Hitler #Nazis #immigrants #MassDeportation
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"Rarely in history has America faced such a clear choice between authoritarianism and democracy, between moral squalor and decency. Why don’t more people see this?"
~ Robert Reich
#Trump #KamalaHarris #fascism #authoritarianism #democracy #cruelty #PoliticsofHate #immigrants
/2
"America’s choice: Do voters want to live in reality, or a dangerous dream world?"
~ Will Bunch
#Trump #KamalaHarris #fascism #authoritarianism #democracy #cruelty #PoliticsofHate #immigrants
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https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/donald-trump-campaign-unreality-aurora-20241013.html
"I have been covering this man for nine years, and I have spent more than a tenth of my lifetime cataloging his misdeeds and cruelty and crimes, so I don’t say this lightly. What he represents, what he stands for, and what he has done is evil."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
#Trump #KamalaHarris #fascism #authoritarianism #democracy #cruelty #PoliticsofHate #immigrants
/4
https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/on-the-impossibility-of-summing-this
“'He is the most dangerous person ever. I had suspicions when I talked to you about his mental decline and so forth, but now I realize he’s a total fascist. He is now the most dangerous person to this country…a fascist to the core.'
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #KamalaHarris #fascism #authoritarianism #democracy #cruelty #PoliticsofHate #immigrants
/5
"This is how former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, the nation’s highest-ranking military officer and the primary military advisor to the president, the secretary of defense, and the National Security Council, described former president Donald Trump to veteran journalist Bob Woodward. Trump appointed Milley to that position. ...
Trump’s behavior is Authoritarianism 101."
#Trump #KamalaHarris #fascism #authoritarianism #democracy #cruelty #PoliticsofHate #immigrants
/6
"Politico has put out a piece confirming what we already know. The headline is: We watched 20 Trump rallies. His racist, anti-immigrant messaging is getting darker."
~ Joyce Vance
#Trump #KamalaHarris #fascism #authoritarianism #democracy #cruelty #PoliticsofHate #immigrants
/7
"He is no longer just talking about keeping immigrants out of the country, building a wall and banning Muslims from entering the United States. Trump now warns that migrants have already invaded, destroying the country from inside its borders, which he uses as a means to justify a second-term policy agenda that includes building massive detention camps and conducting mass deportations."
~ Myah Ward
#Trump #KamalaHarris #fascism #PoliticsofHate #immigrants
/8
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/12/trump-racist-rhetoric-immigrants-00183537
"This weekend Donald Trump ratcheted up the rhetoric, pushing the lie that the existential danger facing America is murderous migrants who have 'occupied' our country and a political rival who has 'unleashed' this 'bloodthirsty' terror."
~ Steven Beschloss
#Trump #KamalaHarris #fascism #authoritarianism #democracy #cruelty #PoliticsofHate #immigrants #MassDeportations
/9
https://www.americaamerica.news/p/confronting-the-danger-before-us
"But despite his fear-mongering fantasy that whips up his rally crowds, the real danger stems from a possible second term for this hateful, vengeful, violent and increasingly desperate liar who yearns to be a dictator. First in Aurora, Colorado, and then in Coachella, California, Trump’s demagoguery was on full display, showcasing what’s in store if he returns to the nation’s highest office."
#Trump #KamalaHarris #fascism #authoritarianism #democracy #cruelty #PoliticsofHate #immigrants
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"In the end, it’s a binary choice. And we cannot look away from the fact that all of these people, some of whom many of you likely know well, will decide that they prefer an America under Trump than under Harris."
~ Eliot Kirschner
#Trump #KamalaHarris #fascism #authoritarianism #democracy #cruelty #PoliticsofHate #immigrants
/11
https://elliotkirschner.substack.com/p/how-can-this-be-happening
"Even with Trump and Vance turning every rally into a Two Minutes Hate about immigrants, the race remains a toss-up, and a startlingly large number of Americans back his mass deportation plans. This makes it more vital than ever to ensure he’s defeated in November."
~ Lisa Needham
#Trump #KamalaHarris #fascism #authoritarianism #democracy #cruelty #PoliticsofHate #immigrants #MassDeportations
/12
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-deportation-tps-humanitarian-parole
"It’s hard not to feel out of control, knowing that in less than 30 days, win or lose, a significant number of Americans (literally tens of millions) are going to go to the polls and vote for fascism."
~ Mary Trump
#Trump #KamalaHarris #fascism #authoritarianism #democracy #cruelty #PoliticsofHate #immigrants #MassDeportations
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Jess Piper, who lives in deep-red rural Missouri, says that when she knocks on doors of neighbors as she campaigns for Democrats, neighbors tell her they agree with her on issue after issue.
But they cannot vote Democratic. Why?:
"They are under the impression that Christians can’t vote for Democrats. Where did they get that talking point? Their church."
#Trump #KamalaHarris #fascism #PoliticsofHate #immigrants #MassDeportations #WhiteEvangelicals #churches
/14
https://jesspiper.substack.com/p/red-state-republicans-have-all-of
"He’s not hiding his authoritarianism. He’s selling it. …
The Two Minutes Hate was a famous feature of Orwell’s portrayal of Oceania in 1984. The Two Months of Hate is now a notable feature of the 2024 U.S. presidential contest. Donald Trump and his allies are closing this campaign with two months of hate in a way we’ve never seen before. And it could work."
~ William Kristol
#Trump #fascism #democracy #cruelty #PoliticsofHate #immigrants #MassDeportations
/15
"As a historian of forced population movements and as an American, I don’t think we are taking the consequences of the Trump-Vance deportation plan seriously enough. The reality will be much more personal and awful, and the politics more transformative and durable, than we might think."
~ Timothy Snyder
#Trump #fascism #democracy #cruelty #PoliticsofHate #immigrants #MassDeportations
/16
I can't wait, we will then see all these Trump supporters celebrate then find the reality of a trump presidamcy is not as good as it was made out to be, we need to remember last time he ignored security briefings, may not sound much but that to me is pretty serious when your commander in chief can't even attend a briefing and take what is being discussed seriously.
He won't conceed power, either why would they, so will there be an election in 2028, in fact if they hold both houses will there even be midterms,?
@zleap That's the thing, isn't it? In putting people like Trump (or Hitler, or Stalin, or Pol Pot, or Jim Jones) into power, people imagine they'll make life better for themselves and worse only for the others they want the fascist leader to target.
But it never works that way. They end up hurting themselves by enabling the fascist dictator.