I think your points about the comparison to Nazism are valid. I can think of only a few comparisons to the Nazis that are even remotely valid, and Trump is not even in the ballpark. I studied European history and Nazi Germany and Stalin’s Soviet Union in particular and I’m tired of the false comparisons, especially from so-called educated liberals. But I’m also tired of so-called educated conservatives making continuing false comparisons of liberal policies with respect to which they disagree to Marxism/Communism, rendering the terms meaningless. The increasing hyperbole and rhetoric on the extremes is symptomatic of the decline in objective and intelligent analysis.
One of the disappointments of the "elites" is their willingness to compromise on truth in pursuit of career.
Some might call it prostitution.
Whether it is scientists fighting for climate change dollars, Fauci building his Covid empire, or the MSM lying for career, we see our experts degrading their professions.
So Americans have learned to mistrust our "experts".
We haven't found our compass yet, but many of us have become extremely skeptical.
"the Nazi Party became the largest party in the Reichstag (parliament), but it never commanded a majority"
Although looking at the results of the recent UK election, the Nazis could have commanded a thumping majority if the English electoral method had been used. More so since the German National Peoples Party, 8% vote, was every bit as extreme as the Nazis but founded before Hitler entered politics.
An interesting historical counterfactual, to be sure. Democracy is all a matter of definition. And personally, I think that the American variant is superior to all others.
A man is a man, and a socialist statist is a socialist statist, from Germany to Italy to Russia to North Korea. Leftists love to play with labels, because they hate reality. Because the reality is that socialist statism always causes disaster.
The Trump presidency has exposed Beschloss and his ilk as irrational thinkers hiding behind their credentials.
Pretty much…
Dear Unwoke, If in Indiana, why the address in SF?
Trump is part of a populist-nationalist trend, to be sure. But fascist or Nazi he is not.
And unlike in 2022, we now know who's channeling Weimar Germany and Nazi antisemitism, and it's not Trump or his party.
I think your points about the comparison to Nazism are valid. I can think of only a few comparisons to the Nazis that are even remotely valid, and Trump is not even in the ballpark. I studied European history and Nazi Germany and Stalin’s Soviet Union in particular and I’m tired of the false comparisons, especially from so-called educated liberals. But I’m also tired of so-called educated conservatives making continuing false comparisons of liberal policies with respect to which they disagree to Marxism/Communism, rendering the terms meaningless. The increasing hyperbole and rhetoric on the extremes is symptomatic of the decline in objective and intelligent analysis.
One of the disappointments of the "elites" is their willingness to compromise on truth in pursuit of career.
Some might call it prostitution.
Whether it is scientists fighting for climate change dollars, Fauci building his Covid empire, or the MSM lying for career, we see our experts degrading their professions.
So Americans have learned to mistrust our "experts".
We haven't found our compass yet, but many of us have become extremely skeptical.
"the Nazi Party became the largest party in the Reichstag (parliament), but it never commanded a majority"
Although looking at the results of the recent UK election, the Nazis could have commanded a thumping majority if the English electoral method had been used. More so since the German National Peoples Party, 8% vote, was every bit as extreme as the Nazis but founded before Hitler entered politics.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_1932_German_federal_election
An interesting historical counterfactual, to be sure. Democracy is all a matter of definition. And personally, I think that the American variant is superior to all others.
"Don't Know Much About History"
They don't know much biology either.
A man is a man, and a socialist statist is a socialist statist, from Germany to Italy to Russia to North Korea. Leftists love to play with labels, because they hate reality. Because the reality is that socialist statism always causes disaster.
A good point…