"January 30th 1933 dawned cold and clear in Berlin as Adolph Hitler took his oath of office and promised Germans he would uphold the constitution.

[gavinisdie@masto.ai]

@wdlindsy I expect to be one of the first people in the concentration camps

[jstatepost@mstdn.social]

@wdlindsy
🥥 MAGAs like to say that half the US population supports Trump.
But when you take into account that 40% of USians don't vote, that leaves 60% roughly split between Democratic and Republican voters.
So approx 30% support Trump. And that's about the same percentage of voters that put Adolf Hitler into power in 1933 Germany to disastrous effect for the rest of the world. 🥥
#USPolitics #Election2024 #Hitler #Trump #Voting #TuckersBalls

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"'I need the kind of generals that Hitler had,' Trump said in a private conversation in the White House, according to two people who heard him say this. 'People who were totally loyal to him, that follow orders.'”

~ Jeffrey Goldberg

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #military
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Trump: ‘I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had’

The Republican nominee’s preoccupation with dictators, and his disdain for the American military, is deepening.

The Atlantic (www.theatlantic.com)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"A desire to force U.S. military leaders to be obedient to him and not the Constitution is one of the constant themes of Trump’s military-related discourse."

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #military
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[dave_goldsmith@mastodon.scot]

@wdlindsy

I hope he gets one like Hitler's General Friedrich Olbricht.

[piousunyn@universeodon.com]

@wdlindsy The fact any Congress Critter who supported Jan 6 should be made accountable seems like a fantasy, just like Trump being held accountable?

[neadreport@social.vivaldi.net]

@wdlindsy After his comment about the great Arnold Palmer, I bet he meant to say "I need the kind of genitals that..."

[sdparris@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy i find it amusing that he thinks the military will do his bidding.

[skua@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy

Who was the arsewipe who ran the Gitmo torture program?

He'll know generals who'd stand by Trump.

[lyndamerry484@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy

' Joseph Goebbels that if you repeat a lie often enough it becomes the truth.'

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@lyndamerry484 Yes. We must never forget.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@skua Yes, I suspect that's right.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@SDParris Egotism and narcissism always make us miscalculate what's going on in the world around us, don't they?

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@NeadReport That's hilarious. Thanks for providing a much-needed chuckle.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Piousunyn Seems that way, but I think the only response that avoids letting those folks dehumanize us by making us despair is to keep hoping.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Dave_Goldsmith Indeed. Not all of Hitler's generals were what the unschooled and unintelligent Trump imagines.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@jstatepost Someone I just read today — can't recall who right now — noted that Trump's polling advantage is that he has taken over a party intent on remaining loyal to its leader at all costs. That automatically gives him some 45% of votes, though, as you say, not everyone votes. As you rightly note, it takes only a rabid minority to seize control, as Hitler's takeover of Germany tells us. That's a lesson I don't think we can afford to forget.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@gavinisdie My friends and I often talk about that very thing.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@ASegar Very well-stated. Excellent analysis. I totally agree.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@BassRck5000 Yes we have.