What would the world look like if the NAZIs had won World War II?

[Kid Berwyn]

Seems particularly pertinent today:



A superpower could attack innocent nations with impunity to steal their oil and grab whatever else they got.

Children, including the Homeland's own citizens, could be tortured and killed in the name of national security.

Secret police could spy on every citizens' public and private communications, associations and affairs.

Elections would be decided by appointed officials rather than the People, 5 to 4.

The rich would not only get richer, they'd enjoy immunity from prosecution.

The poor would not only get poorer, it's austerity for the rest of us until poverty is the new normal.

Ignorance would be the sole purpose of both the news media and public education.

Money would trump peace.

And there is Justice only for "Just Us."

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Original 2013 DU post: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10022152807

[Joinfortmill]

1. "White Christian Nationalists", like cockroaches, scurrying into dark corners.

[3_Limes]

2. I actually think it wouldn't be as bad as the Trumpian picture painted above.

As inhumanly awful as Hitler's dream was, there was vision behind what he was doing that went beyond enriching himself and his cronies. The Trump version of Nazism is, in my opinion, significantly worse than what Hitler wanted because there's no plan to it beyond extracting every available resource from the country and it's populace w/ no regard for the consequences paid by others. Hitler dreamed of a Reich where all arians would enjoy the prosperity of the new order. (And there might even be a few crumbs left for those the Reich tolerated.) Trump's plan allows for benefit only to hos family and their immediate associates. Which is a pretty small pool.

(It's a shame that I have to say this, but I'm sure someone will misinterpret my post so: This is NOT even a mild endorsement of Nazism. I fully reject each and every tenet of their beliefs. I do however, believe that the results of what's happening here, today, may be significantly worse over time.)

[bluestarone]

3. Sad to say, we may

WITNESS it yet!

[Wednesdays]

4. "Original 2013 DU post"

By the famous Octafish!

And the comments about "Godwin's Law" didn't age very well, did they?

[Renew Deal]

5. You should watch the movie Lola from 2022.