• DandomRude@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    As I said, I’m from Germany. In this country, unfortunately, we know from painful experience how fascists take power. Please be smarter than the Germans in 1933 - the circumstances are shockingly similar to those back then; not only in America. The Nazis were able to seize power in the Weimar Republic because the economy, conservatives and other opportunists played along with their game. Perhaps they thought they would be able to put a stop to them later if things got too bad. This plan did not work out and millions fell victim to an inhuman idology. I simply mean, take the opportunity to defend what is left of your democracy - if necessary, even together with those who are seemingly in the wrong camp. It is perhaps the last chance before you are no longer allowed to express your opinion freely.

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      9 months ago

      I wished more of my fellow citizens recognized what Trump was in 2015 when I did. And recognized the parallels with history.

      Even though it was obvious to some of us in 2015, even now, some young voters don’t seem to get how precarious the political situation is.