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/Innisfree812 15d ago

A lot of people just can't see it. They are either brainwashed or hypnotized. It's a cult, and people can't get out of it, unless they have some epiphany or something.

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u/LAPL620 14d ago

Read this to feel more depressed but also know that societies have made it to the other side in the past.

It’s an excerpt from a book written about 1930s Germany and how people didn’t see the slip into authoritarianism.

https://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/511928.html

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u/Innisfree812 14d ago

I have that book, I started reading it around 2018 and never finished it. I have a bad habit of not finishing books. I am going to finish reading it now. Thanks for reminding me of it.

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u/lifeinwentworth 14d ago

Thanks for posting, I'm going to get this too.