Trump rose to power out of collective anger at perceived economic decline, Hitler rose to power out of collective anger at actual economic collapse. These two things are not the same.
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So the inflation and recession in the 80s, the prime mortgage collapse and resulting global financial crisis, the productivity and wage gap, and Covid recession were all perceived economic declines?
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This is arguing something different. Again, my main point was that Hitler was not popular when he rose to power. Destroying your own standing in the world is a different topic.
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Not when destroying your own standing is directly affecting your popularity amongst your current and prospective base
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Good, I hope it backfires. But he's still in power and until all of MAGA is removed from power the threat of consolidation remains.
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I don’t think the regime understands what it means to actually earn the support of your base. They’re actively fucking them over and taking credit for it. Most Americans are not in favor of any of Trumps policies. At least Hitler delivered on the promises of Lebansraum
aug 28, 2025, 4:26 pm • 0 0 • view
> At least Hitler delivered on the promises of Lebansraum ok dude.
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This is a deliberate misreading of my statement, but that trends with your general reading comprehension
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I'm just saying "hitler delivered on an imperial colonial promise" is an odd framing when talking about hitler. It really sounds like apologia for him.
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Compared to paying for bread with wheelbarrows full of reichsmarks? Yes. The two scenarios are fundamentally different. The 80s didn’t take place against the backdrop of Versailles, coupled later with the Stock Market Crash.
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The hyperinflation happened 10 years before Hitler rose to power though. His popularity only grew as the economy recovered in the 30s and solidified through propaganda about it. Still seems meaningfully similar to what we've seen over the past 20-40 years, especially if we're talking about trauma.
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The same amount of domestic support
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His rise was not instantaneous and took place throughout the 20s, where most of his support came from young men and army veterans fresh off of a catastrophic conflict on their home front. Again, I think you’re working too hard to conflate these as identical situations. Trump doesn’t have nearly
aug 28, 2025, 4:19 pm • 0 0 • view
And Trump wasn't elected for the first time last year... Trump's rise started during the global financial crisis with the Birther movement; when we really were in the throes of true economic pain never said it was identical but that it sounds the same. I think you're working too hard to not see it
aug 28, 2025, 4:22 pm • 0 0 • view
I don’t think you have any conception of how much worse and desperate conditions in Germany were during the 20s than in contemporary American history.
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Ok, feel free to believe it won't happen here because it's not exactly like the Wiemar republic.
aug 28, 2025, 4:26 pm • 0 0 • view
Yeah that’s not what I’m saying, but feel free to keep jerking yourself off about your ingenious conclusion that the dang Cheeto is just Orange Hitler
aug 28, 2025, 4:35 pm • 0 0 • view
I'm not the first or only one to point out the parallels between the rise of MAGA and the rise of Nazism. It's been pretty widely discussed, tbh, especially before his first election in 2016 And everyone keeps saying "shh, it's not the same" and it just keeps getting worse and growing more similar.
aug 28, 2025, 4:46 pm • 0 0 • view
Yeah that’s why your argument comes off as so painfully condescending
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