I dispute that Trump is charismatic. Listening to him talk is like watching a drunk man cross an icy street.
I think this goes back to the Hitler myth that he could sway and mesmerize Germans. Of course, this idea became popular in the post war years when support for the Nazis became embarrassing. The truth is that fascism is simply popular. If Trump has proved anything it’s that his supporters are jumping into the abyss with their eyes wide open.
Fix the problems that fascists use to make people feel threatened by “others”. For instance you can’t make people worried about immigrants taking their jobs if there’s plenty of jobs or losing your job didn’t mean your life was fucked.
Germany was doing pretty bad economically after the first world war and especially after the great depression. Lots of people had no jobs and couldn’t afford anything.
Wages of the average worker aren’t keeping track with inflation right now, so that’s what would have to be changed to have any chance at stopping this.
Russia also needs to stop trying to destabilise the western world.
I dispute that Trump is charismatic. Listening to him talk is like watching a drunk man cross an icy street.
I think this goes back to the Hitler myth that he could sway and mesmerize Germans. Of course, this idea became popular in the post war years when support for the Nazis became embarrassing. The truth is that fascism is simply popular. If Trump has proved anything it’s that his supporters are jumping into the abyss with their eyes wide open.
Thats honestly terrifying. How do we kill it?
Fix the problems that fascists use to make people feel threatened by “others”. For instance you can’t make people worried about immigrants taking their jobs if there’s plenty of jobs or losing your job didn’t mean your life was fucked.
Germany was doing pretty bad economically after the first world war and especially after the great depression. Lots of people had no jobs and couldn’t afford anything.
Wages of the average worker aren’t keeping track with inflation right now, so that’s what would have to be changed to have any chance at stopping this.
Russia also needs to stop trying to destabilise the western world.