Radio Resistance on Nostr: The mistakes we're making now are the same that people made when Hitler rose to ...
The mistakes we're making now are the same that people made when Hitler rose to power. It's not that they didn't care, or that they didn't try to stop him. But what they did was ineffective. They relied on the normal processes to work ... like elections and political parties.
Political parties will always let us down when we really need them because the party protects the party's political power. It makes more sense for the Democrats to go along with Trump rather than to challenge Trump. Challenging Trump is hard and a lot of people will say mean things to you, particularly the donors/oligarchs who fund both parties but who really like Trump for the tax cuts and deregulation.
For Dems, it's easier to go along, and that's largely what happened in Germany when Hitler took over. The communists and anti-fascists told everywhere Hitler was a maniac, but the rest all hoped it would work out. In their defense, they really couldn't have predicted what Hitler would ultimately do, but we can predict what Trump will do. We have history as our guide, right?
Political parties will always let us down when we really need them because the party protects the party's political power. It makes more sense for the Democrats to go along with Trump rather than to challenge Trump. Challenging Trump is hard and a lot of people will say mean things to you, particularly the donors/oligarchs who fund both parties but who really like Trump for the tax cuts and deregulation.
For Dems, it's easier to go along, and that's largely what happened in Germany when Hitler took over. The communists and anti-fascists told everywhere Hitler was a maniac, but the rest all hoped it would work out. In their defense, they really couldn't have predicted what Hitler would ultimately do, but we can predict what Trump will do. We have history as our guide, right?