Admittedly, I am not a 'good' historian, but I do a little read up from time to time.
However, I find it oddly coincidental, that the beginning rise of Nazi Germany happened around the 1920s and it is 2020-2021.
People I know are still gravitating towards Trump for reasons that are difficult to fathom, purely on his saying that he won the election 'by a lot' and that the election was stolen.
Now why I mention this, is the way people are acting, and the sentiments from November 5th to this day and the similarities to Adolf Hitler's rise.
Now mind you, Adolf Hitler rose to power a second time, and even America supported, initially, the Nazi party for one reason. Our concerns, at that time, the rise of communism and Nazi Germany at this time, was an Anti-Communist.
But note this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism
"Nazism is a form of fascism,[2][3][4][5] with disdain for liberal democracy and the parliamentary system."
Now this part is important.
We are seeing that there is a disdain for democrats and a distrust with Congress (Due to having democrats in it and some republican.)
To add to this, since the Election, Trump has told his supporters, like a cult-like mantra, that the election was rigged, it was stolen, that there is no way Biden could win without rigging the election.
Let's look at that from a high level view.
Trump has put in 62 lawsuits spanning 7 some states. Of those 62, 1 of them was only successful in making a check for ID confirmation on the votes, but failed to overturn the results none the less.
In those lawsuits and appeals, not all those judges are democrats, but republicans. Including the ones in Supreme Court, who were appointed by Trump himself.
Now let's also look at the claim of 'won the election, by a lot'.
How much is 'a lot'? Trump never defined how much for each state, and that is a problem. By stating 'by a lot', with nothing firm, is begging to be dismissed by any rational person.
Focusing on 'some counties' for 'issues' in the count is also questionable. While it is true that small amounts adding up to being a whole could tilt the balance, the argument was not going to hold when recounts done, kept coming up as being fairly accurate, even with discrepancies.
While one could say the election is so corrupt that you will not get the numbers in question, the real question is, why not go and verify it yourself?
The grand lie is saying that there is no way for Biden to win short of cheating. But then, why is it, Trump harasses a Georgia State Secretary to 'go find him 11780 votes', where the votes were certified 3 times by REPUBLICAN ELECTED OFFICIALS?
Isn't this, by definition, trying to rig an election? To have people 'find' more votes for him after the vote has been audited three times and the results are returning the same with a small variation.
So question to those who still believe that Trump won the election. Why is it Trump needs to harass and pressure a state official to decertify their electoral votes in one state?
Why was it necessary to have Trump Supporters push towards to capital to "Hang Mike Pense" when Mike Pense refused to overturn the count?
Is this the democracy of 'Law and Order' that Trump says he supports? Where if it does not turn out his way, cajoling, harassing or mob rule is necessary to get the results.
Strangely, this is how Hitler's Sturmabteilung (Aka Brownshirts) helped promote Hitler's rise in Germany. (Reference: https://www.historyhit.com/hitlers-bullyboys-the-role-of-the-sa-in-nazi-germany/)
The startling focus here is that it is 'anti-left' and focusing on 'the back stabbing politicians' (re: Congress). This is literally an echo of Germany back then, except instead of disgruntled soldiers, it is now Americans who feel the Democrats are betraying America.
So I will leave people with this. I am not a democrat. Nor am I a republican. I will also admit, I have never been a fan of Trump since he became President.
I have resisted posted anything about him, but since January 6th, and the follow up since then, hearing how Trump supporters insist that he won the election, how some of the more radical portion of his supporters act much like the Brown Shirts and made me think of Trump being like Hitler with his 'MAGA Shirts'... The similarities are hard to ignore overall.
Just remember also, Trump is inciting fear and loathing. Similar to Hitler's rhetoric of hate and anger that made Nazi Germany rise the way it did back then.
Lastly, as the most often quoted saying:
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
People who see Trump without fault for what happened on January 6th with the Capitol Riot, and not responsible for inciting the actions of the more radical element of his supporters with his rhetoric, or worse yet, still unwilling to not let themselves 'think' and 'verify' for themselves. Will find themselves much like the Germans who supported Nazi Germany based on the rhetoric, but ignoring the facts of what the Nazi Party truly is.
And at this moment, Trump and his MAGA movement, is echoing the Nazi Party of 1920s Germany, we won't be too far off in following the later concerns if we continue to let the mob rule and actions continue unabated and put reason forth.
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