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Connecting the Dots Between the Rise of the Nazi Party and the Rise of MAGA. [1]
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Date: 2022-09-05
Charlottesville "Unite the Right" rally, 2017.
The commentator lowkell had a great piece for the site “Blue Virginia”. Titled “Looking At “how much the rise of Hitler and the rise of MAGA smell similar.” “Conclusion: They do. This thread lists 10 ways.”, bluevirginia.us/…I know this topic has been breached before on this site but lowkell really breaks down ten specific parallels between the Nazi party and the MAGA movement. Those similarities include:
1. Both used the big lie about treachery. For the Nazis, it was the “stab in the back” by Jews and socialists that snatched defeat out of the jaws of victory in World War I. For MAGA, it was the lie that the 2020 election was stolen.
2. The Nazis wanted to safeguard the “purity” of Aryan culture while MAGA believe in the “great replacement” of white Americans by minorities and foreigners.
3. Both the Nazis and MAGA sought to exploit the chaos of economic insecurity to reap political gain.
4. The superrich bankroll both. In the case of the Nazis it was Farben, Thyssen, and Krup. In the case of MAGA it is the Mercers, DeVos, and Thiel.
5. Both the Nazis and MAGA movement were/are underestimated as a threat to democracy.
6. Both movements have a cult of personality.
7. Both movements use organized religion to legitimize themselves.
8. Both movements view books as the enemy.
9. Both movements view independent news media as the enemy.
10. Both movements demanded/are demanding that educators “bend the knee” to their right-wing views. DeSantis’s moves in Florida against textbooks that objectively look at American history, warts and all, comes to mind.
In light of these parallels, Biden's speech would have been more accurate if it dropped the word “semi” from the phrase “semi-fascist”.
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