Anyone who’s not locked into Republican zombie ideology realizes Trump has taken Adolf Hitler’s playbook. This is not hyperbole. Hitler could never win outright election in Germany, he had to be given power by von Hindenberg, the elected official with whom he shared power. Donald Trump curried fewer votes than his opponent. Sound familiar? Once in control, Hitler began dismantling the Weimar Republic, not by changing the laws so much issuing counter orders to them which gradually allowed them to collapse when these laws had become meaningless. Jews were only attacked verbally at first. Their places of business could still operate; but the new Reich government would do nothing when thugs from the party open harassed the stores “Achtung Deutsche, kauft nicht bei dem Juden!” Sound familiar? (“There are some very fine people there.”) As the tenets of the [Weimar] Republic and its enforcement body no longer protected those at odds with the leader, it was open season to flagrantly flout autocracy over former democracy. And of course, the leader (der Fuehrer) could not be challenged or countered–regardless of how off his facts were or how extreme his views were. Those in his own party who might try were banished forever. Those outside his party criticizing him were met with government retribution.
Regardless of where you stand politically, the above facts cannot be disputed (except, of course by minions of the leader who present fear and emotional arguments to counter factual discourse).
Apocalypse & Honey 