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elleng

(130,956 posts) Wed Feb 24, 2016, 11:25 PM Feb 2016

Chomsky: Trump’s rise fueled by same societal ‘breakdown’ that birthed Hitler.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/chomsky-trumps-rise-fueled-by-same-societal-breakdown-that-birthed-hitler/#.Vs4HcCQFOCI.facebook

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Chomsky: Trump’s rise fueled by same societal ‘breakdown’ that birthed Hitler. (Original Post) elleng Feb 2016 OP

That's not good. nt bananas Feb 2016 #1

Look at the story right next to it. I think we are going down quick. Too many will stay silent Person 2713 Feb 2016 #2

OH FFS! elleng Feb 2016 #3

Well they've certainly been studying that period's propaganda specialists. Lodestar Feb 2016 #4

bananas

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1. That's not good. nt

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 11:49 PM

Feb 2016

Person 2713

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2. Look at the story right next to it. I think we are going down quick. Too many will stay silent

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 11:50 PM

Feb 2016

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/minority-basketball-players-targeted-with-racist-trump-chants-at-iowa-high-school/

elleng

(130,956 posts)

3. OH FFS!

Reply to Person 2713 (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 11:55 PM

Feb 2016

Lodestar

(2,388 posts)

4. Well they've certainly been studying that period's propaganda specialists.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Thu Feb 25, 2016, 07:07 AM

Feb 2016

Although no situation repeats itself exactly I'm still holding out hope that enough people will resist that things will implode. The U.S. is much larger, more diverse and unwieldy than Germany. And if we can
grow out of our fears then they have been disarmed, and operating without that leverage.

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