Tooting this again.
@lovelylovely Something a little more recent...

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I've been having that thought a lot since 2016.

@lovelylovely The Nazis came to power after the GDP fell by 15% and unemployment increased from 22.7% to 43.8%. Hitler and his Strength Through Joy programs offered the promises of a car in your driveway, a job, and family vacations.

Trump came to power after the GDP went up by 1.67% and unemployment decreased from 10% to 4.8%. Trump and his Infrastructure Week promised that he would build a wall and make Mexico pay for it.

Both were deeply repugnant but I understand 1933 Germany a lot more.

@lovelylovely what scares me like hell is the fact that so many countries going right,fascist,…it seem like a contagious rash, thanks to the help of the press that is under right wing control πŸ€·πŸ½β€β™€οΈ
@lovelylovely I still don't get it. It's probably because I don't see things the way others do.
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So much for American exceptionalism
@lovelylovely Fascinating book and yes I see parallels also.