“What permeated the whole process and drove it on was the violence Hitler encouraged, a rage and hatred against Socialists and Communists and democrats and indeed virtually everybody who did not support him that also consumed his rank-and-file followers as well as his cheerleaders and acolytes such as Goebbels and Göring.”

~ Ibid.

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"“How do we explain the rise and triumph of tyrants and charlatans? What causes someone to be gripped by a lust for power and domination? Why do such men — and they are almost always men — manage to gather around them disciples and supporters willing to carry out their commands?”

~ Ibid.

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https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/653631/hitlers-people-by-richard-j-evans/

"On the same day that Bezos ordered WaPo not to endorse Kamala Harris (which the Editorial Board was prepared to do), Trump met with representatives of Bezos’ struggling space flight company, Blue Origin."

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"This is the time for political courage.

Instead, America’s highest-profile business leaders — Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase; Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft; and Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway — are displaying political cowardice."

~ Robert Reich

#Trump #Republicans #fascism #EconomicElites #CorporateLeaders #JamieDimon #WarrenBuffett #BillGates #Hitler
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https://robertreich.substack.com/p/political-cowardice-in-the-c-suites

"Almost a hundred years later, the American donor class is just as affectless, just as calculating, and just as eager to ensure that profits never stop rolling in, at the gates of hell. The threat of fascism is still second to the bottom line. And fear-mongering about the 'radical left' is just as effective on them as the warnings about communism coming out of Hitler’s mouth."

#Trump #CorporateLeaders #EconomicElites #Hitler
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