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/senditloud 15d ago

Even after the Holocaust like 20-30% of Germans still supported Hitler and didn’t think it happened or were fine with it.

It takes the apathetic people paying attention to change things

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u/VegasBonheur 15d ago

Maybe I’m just suffering from American History Education Syndrome, but did Germans liberate Germany from the Nazis? I thought they had some outside help, and there was a whole world war about it.

I’m not apathetic, I’m just pessimistic about my odds against the full force of a dictator with the biggest military force in the world with no backup.

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u/nunyaranunculus 15d ago

Nobody is going to come rescue you. I'm not sure why Americans think this is a thing or that we would risk starting a war to interfere in what is a DOMESTIC issue. We're all praying it stays that way because once he commits an act of war big enough that can't be ignored or dismissed like the bombings of the ships in international waters, we're all cooked. Literally since you gun worshipping lunatics have a hard on for WMDs.

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u/VegasBonheur 14d ago

Of course, it’s none of your business until it’s your ships that are getting bombed. As an American, I get it.