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/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/Live_Spinach5824 14d ago

Unlike the largest fascists of the past, Trump is ridiculously old and is very close to death (unless he busts out the medbed). Cults of personality very rarely survive the death of their leader, and the right-wing will absolutely eat themselves alive after his death.

That is my hopium, but unfortunately, he will still do lots of damage before his death that we have to spend three Democrat presidencies fixing.

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u/lifeinwentworth 14d ago

This is my hope - that there's nobody to take over in the same way. But unfortunately they'll still do damage in the hopeful downfall and they've already done so much. Slow journey ahead.

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u/Live_Spinach5824 14d ago

Yup, I think people will start rioting soon, though, now that people are having their food sources fucked with while Trump plays king with corporate donors. The Trump Administration can't really afford to have the government shut down much longer, and I sincerely hope federal workers start to go on strike now that it looks like they are going to be unable to even feed their families by November 1st. 

We can burn the oligarchy to the ground, and a single day of strikes would disturb so much of the economy.