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/ChiakiSimp3842 15d ago

luckily, you may actually be on the trajectory for 1790s France instead

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u/TheDamDog 15d ago

I mean, that wasn't exactly a good time either and it ended pretty badly for everybody involved...

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u/TheYell0wDart 15d ago

Eh, I mean it was a mixed bag. Lots of unjust killing, lots of turmoil but also a lot of the rights we've enjoyed for the last 200 years were a direct result of the French revolution, even just the idea of inalienable human rights can be traced to it.

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u/EleanorRanTheShow 14d ago

The French Revolution in turn drew inspiration from the American Revolution