No one elected Hitler either - he was appointed chancellor by German president Hindenburg.

We’ve been following the pre-Nazi playbook to the letter, and an octogenarian just handing out a fuck-ton of power to a vocal shitstain is one of the many parallels.

There are some differences.

Hitler was relatively young and had about as much of his mental faculties as he ever did. Trump is old and senile. I’m not sure his handlers are even giving him the password to his Xhitter account anymore. Most of the posts are how Trump would have talked 20 years ago; barely literate, often childish, but meet a basic level of coherency and sentence structure. With Trump himself off to the side, the people working in the background don’t have to have their plans fucked with by the whims of the fascist in chief. He can play golf and watch Fox News all day, and they’re all good with it as long as he signs the papers they bring him.

He’ll also die of natural causes in the not too distant future, and they don’t have anyone else who can galvanize support the way Trump does.

If history rhymes then Trump is Hindenburg and Musk is the young unelected Hitler.

Months ago, everyone would have unequivocally said Trump was Hitler. Maybe these metaphors are bullshit, and we should interpret conditions without them.

Okay,

They’re still fascist as fuck.

Never said otherwise.

So what’s your point then. That the may be fascist but the Hitler comparisons are a line to far for you?

That the metaphor isn’t helpful to understanding if you keep changing who the Hitler is.

There are many examples of fascism out there, and they don’t all follow the same script as what happened in Germany.

That’s not what a metaphor is?

It’s an analogy, not a script. Of course it’s not a perfect fit. Metaphors never do. And of course it changes and life itself changes.

Your getting mad about a metaphor when you should be getting mad about facsim itself. Getting mad at nothing is just distraction.

I’m not mad, I’m pointing out that the strategy is flawed. Quibbling about the definition of metaphor and analogy doesn’t help anything.

And quibilling about how accurate a metaphor is at any given time is just as useful?

Yes? It affects our understanding of the situation.

We’re past the time of understanding the situation is my point. It’s time to riot.

That sounds like a great plan to Wild E Coyote directly into a wall.