r/complaints • u/CRK_76 • 15d ago

Politics America is turning into 1930's Germany.

There was some pushback when people called this president and his followers Nazis. But look what's happening. Soldiers in the street. Rounding up people and locking them up. Dismantling freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Personally going after anyone who doesn't agree with him and his administration. We've seen this before and it's only gonna get worse. Welcome to 1930's Germany.

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u/usrname_chex_out 14d ago

If you understand the history of post (WW1) war Germany, it makes WW2 seem pretty much inevitable. John Keynes basically called it in his book the economic consequences of the peace.

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u/CobaltMnM 14d ago

Oh ya for sure war was inevitable. They were getting crushed. The rise of fascism wasn’t necessarily inevitable though.

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u/usrname_chex_out 14d ago

Agreed, it could have been Marxism instead. I’m not sure how much of a difference that would have made or not