I spend more time rubbing my eyes than rolling them. The parallels between America and Weimar Germany astonish me. Legislative gridlock, political polarization, a deluge of incendiary news stories (some fake, some real), a proliferation of handguns. It’s like déja-vu all over again.
What troubles me most? The fact that Hitler and his National Socialists never received more than 37% of the national vote in a free and open election, and Trump is polling at around 50% or higher, according to some sources. These are percentages of popular support that Adolf Hitler could only have dreamed of achieving in a free and open election.
All I know is Americans can't fucking take another "IF WE DON'T DEFEAT X CANDIDATE THEN DEMOCRACY IS OVER!" We did it in 2020, and Trump is monstrous enough to make us do it again in 2024, but eventually people will become numb to Mel Gibson running around screaming "FREEDOM! We have to fight for our freedom!!" every 15 minutes, and of course THAT'S when the real snake slips into the house and takes over, once everybody's become numb to everything and just can't fucking take it anymore talking/thinking about politics 24/7 anyway, much less the constant THE WORLD IS OVER IF WE DON'T WIN AT THE POLLS THIS NOVEMBER!
And of course the media will be printing money, which will make it worse.
Ugh. It'a just too depressing to think about. I still think half the country think they're watching a movie, without any actual consequences to Trumpzilla stomping around as president for another 4 years. Unfortunately, I find it hard to believe they're gonna want to stop watching the show in November.
And of course the media will be printing money, which will make it worse.
Ugh. It'a just too depressing to think about. I still think half the country think they're watching a movie, without any actual consequences to Trumpzilla stomping around as president for another 4 years. Unfortunately, I find it hard to believe they're gonna want to stop watching the show in November.
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