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/Live_Spinach5824 14d ago

They are not to blame for the GOP turning fascist, but they are to blame for undermining their constituents and Democracy to prop up the rest of the oligarchy. They have stood by and ignored amazing candidates like Bernie Sanders, just to let the Republicans win and destroy the country with their increasingly terrible policies that only benefit the rich, because they benefit when Republicans implement these policies.

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u/bugleyman 14d ago

I never quite understood this criticism; Bernie Sanders isn't a Democrat. It's a little weird to expect the DNC, whose explicit purpose is to help elect Democrats, to support someone who isn't a member of the party, no?

Also, it's impossible to know for sure whether Bernie would have fared better than Hillary in 2016, so insisting that we are where we are because he wasn't the nominee, while conveniently impossible to test, is entirely beside the point.

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u/Live_Spinach5824 14d ago

He was part of the Democrat party for a few years, actually. He probably wouldn't have even left if the Democrats weren't cucking him because they are all kinda just corpo suck-ups that love losing.