Are future generations going to look back at the US like nazi Germany?

[captain queeg]

It’s not an impossibility. The future folks willl look at us like we do with Germany in the 30s and wonder how could we have been so stupid? That’s assuming democracy survives.

I was thinking this morning how trump claims to keep a copy of Mein Kampf on his bedside table. I wouldn’t doubt it but of course he’s never read it the title of course translates to My Struggle. I’d read somewhere the original title was much longer because it was My Struggle with…followed by a list of those he hated. That sure sounds like TFG. Of course there are many differences first being Hitler was not as dumb as a fence post, and also he was consistent. I have not read the book but supposedly he laid out his plans and then pursued them
Rather than TFG whose only consistency is that everything is all about him.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Of course they will. History will not be kind to current day America.

[at140]

2. Hitler was dumb

He was a low ranking foot soldier in military, but thought he had the brains of general Rommel.

Hitler did not support development of nukes. That was his biggest blunder. Germany could have defeated the Allies if had nukes first. Many of Those German scientists came to USA and contributed towards nukes.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Most of those scientists were taught at the same high school

They had some kind of secret sauce.

[captain queeg]

21. I disagree he was dumb. An ego-megalomaniac for sure

Over riding his generals was certainly stupid, but more of his ego at work. And then would rarely approve withdrawals which doomed the 6th army at Stalingrad. But he made lots of good decisions early on I’m not defending him but since he was dead it was easy for his generals to blame everything on him.

[at140]

22. No doubt about ego the size of

Himalayas. But an intelligent person knows when to curb the ago.

[captain queeg]

25. That's if anyone has the balls to point out how stupid he is. He definitely wasn't getting that kind

of feedback.

[liberal N proud]

3. It's all right there, history is repeating

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Yes but we won't kill anyone this time

Torture will be too much fun for the perps, and profitable if they can get it on pay-per-view

[ananda]

6. No.

History won't last that long.

[brush]

7. There is a commonality between Hitler and trump.

Both thought they were smarter than their generals. NOT for both.

[Mysterian]

8. It could happen here

People just aren't very smart.

[GreenWave]

9. Our oligarchy is enabling this.

To scam on product quality and duck taxes at the same time.

[onenote]

10. No.

[Amishman]

23. This, not in the same league

The Pubs are deplorable, but they're not genocidal maniacs. We're not going to be carrying out genocide or attempting to conquer the world. Also the Pubs won't ever have the total control to do that, blue states will nullify and resist.

Anyone who truly thinks the Pubs are actually just as bad as Hitler and the Nazis needs to read a history book. Aspiring authoritarians? Perhaps. But there's a quite a bit of ground from that to actual Nazism.

[onenote]

26. TY

[TheProle]

24. +1

[elias7]

11. Well, at least I understand better how it could have happened now

[Silent3]

12. If we fall over the precipice we're hanging onto for now, yes

If not, hopefully we can become a lesson in how to fight one's way back from the brink of collapse.

[Kaleva]

13. Surviving climate change will probably have future generation's attention

[Golden Raisin]

14. I read somewhere that Ivana said it was not 'Mein Kampf', but rather

a collection of Hitler's speeches. Either way truly horrible and very revealing about someone (in)famously known to be a non-reader.

[struggle4progress]

15. My country tis of thy people

[struggle4progress]

16. No more auction block

[struggle4progress]

17. Mississippi goddamn!

[struggle4progress]

18. You've got to be carefully taught

[struggle4progress]

19. Zoot suit riots

[Genki Hikari]

20. The book wasn't Mein Kampf

It was a collection of Hitler's speeches titled "My New Order."