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Lakers Legend#32
10-19-2024, 03:47 AM
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/10/trump-authoritarian-rhetoric-hitler-mussolini/680296/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGAQdNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXVzfSA1zty9 BEUBYgIPmMT4kMd43grBBOEs9QURbSqE3DijyI5tE5Gn4Q_aem _LHj_8frIJcIQfRoxu-IRTQ

These phrases have not been put on posters and banners at random in the final weeks of an American election season. With less than three weeks left to go, most candidates would be fighting for the middle ground, for the swing voters. Trump is doing the exact opposite. Why? There can be only one answer: because he and his campaign team believe that by using the tactics of the 1930s, they can win. The deliberate dehumanization of whole groups of people; the references to police, to violence, to the “bloodbath” that Trump has said will unfold if he doesn’t win; the cultivation of hatred not only against immigrants but also against political opponents—none of this has been used successfully in modern American politics.

But neither has this rhetoric been tried in modern American politics. Several generations of American politicians have assumed that American voters, most of whom learned to pledge allegiance to the flag in school, grew up with the rule of law, and have never experienced occupation or invasion, would be resistant to this kind of language and imagery. Trump is gambling—knowingly and cynically—that we are not.

Nanners
10-19-2024, 04:04 AM
The only reason the rhetoric of the early 30s is working is because the oligarchs that rule the west have hollowed out and looted their countries, resulting in economic conditions very similar to the late 20s and early 30s

Overdrive
10-19-2024, 05:12 AM
The only reason the rhetoric of the early 30s is working is because the oligarchs that rule the west have hollowed out and looted their countries, resulting in economic conditions very similar to the late 20s and early 30s

The irony is that alot of people who are attracted by that rhetoric at the same time hang on these billionaires' *******s.

Nanners
10-19-2024, 06:53 AM
The irony is that alot of people who are attracted by that rhetoric at the same time hang on these billionaires' *******s.

Well they might like billionaires like Trump and Musk, but they despise other billionaires like Soros and Bill Gates... and the latter are the ones they blame for their economic misfoture

Hey Yo
10-19-2024, 10:14 AM
It couldn't be more obvious how desperate the Dems are right now. They know their bimbos chances are going straight down the shitter.

Patrick Chewing
10-19-2024, 10:44 AM
It couldn't be more obvious how desperate the Dems are right now. They know their bimbos chances are going straight down the shitter.

They'll never stop trying to connect Hilter or Nazism to Republicans. It's just a tactic that has worked for them for so long that they don't know of any other way to take down their opponent with actual factual data.

Have you ever talked to one of these Liberals in person? Like the ones I'm talking about that just believe Nazis and Hitler are alive in well in the Republican Party? I have. These people are so disconnected from reality it's scary. I talked to one that said that Trump was going to put people in camps and start shooting people and just some far out insane stuff. It's surreal to have a conversation with one of these people and you immediately realize that this person is lost. There is no coming back from where they are mentally. They do believe they're living in the 1940's during WWII and that there are viable threats all around them. There is no coming back to rational thought for these people. And don't you dare ask them to prove what they're talking about or they'll just turn into an even bigger maniac and accuse you of being brainwashed....:oldlol:

Lakers Legend#32
10-19-2024, 03:22 PM
They'll never stop trying to connect Hilter or Nazism to Republicans. It's just a tactic that has worked for them for so long that they don't know of any other way to take down their opponent with actual factual data.

Have you ever talked to one of these Liberals in person? Like the ones I'm talking about that just believe Nazis and Hitler are alive in well in the Republican Party? I have. These people are so disconnected from reality it's scary. I talked to one that said that Trump was going to put people in camps and start shooting people and just some far out insane stuff. It's surreal to have a conversation with one of these people and you immediately realize that this person is lost. There is no coming back from where they are mentally. They do believe they're living in the 1940's during WWII and that there are viable threats all around them. There is no coming back to rational thought for these people. And don't you dare ask them to prove what they're talking about or they'll just turn into an even bigger maniac and accuse you of being brainwashed....:oldlol:

Have you talked to MAGAS? Poopsie said we should eliminate all liberals.