Hitler.

[librechik]

Just had to say it. Continue.

[cilla4progress]

1. Exactly what I am thinking

I believe the comparisons are now accurate and appropriate to apply.

Including his statement that the detentions at airports are going quite "nicely". Reminded me
Of how Hitler made the trains run on time.

[librechik]

3. cilla

don't know why, but that made me cry

[cilla4progress]

4. ????

Everything is making me cry, rage, or tremble in fear.

[librechik]

6. thank god. I thought I was the only one. we have to stick together.

maybe we can stop him???



I think, unlikely, given history.

[BSdetect]

10. I think that was Mussolini re the trains

But I take your point.

Fascists love "order" as long as they get to decide when to apply that.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. If you have Netflix, watch the movie Downfall.

Even if it's a stretch to directly compare the two, it offers good insight into how megalomaniacs with unquestioning followers act, delusions and all.

[librechik]

5. yes, Tommy. I'm married to one. And they all are very similar

Tat's why it falls into the DSM so nicely. So sad.

[anneboleyn]

14. That film is outstanding. Bruno Ganz (superb Swiss actor) shows how terrifying the man really was

-- gently patting his beloved dog Blondi on the head one minute and commenting on the massacre of his own German people as inevitable because they are "weak" the next. The scene in which Hitler learns of Himmler's betrayal, and Hitler's fantasies of endless loyalty from the one person he thought was the most "true" come crashing down, is incredibly haunting. Also, the scenes of Hitler ordering non-existent troops to defend Berlin as the few remaining Wehrmacht officers know that he is living in a world of total fantasy and mental breakdown is very haunting indeed.

[starshine00]

7. I have heard him called Twitler

I think it is perfect.

[Wounded Bear]

8. Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, Putin, Amin, Berlusconi...

the list is a bit longer than just the Mad Austrian. History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.

[Longtime lurker 99]

9. Unfortunately that has been so overused in the past

that when someone comes along who actually is just like Hitler, it has lost effectiveness.

[librechik]

11. The obligatory disclaimer post. Hitler Hitler Hitler Hitler Hitler Hitler Hitler Hitler

dang, I guess I can say it enough times. Fuck Trump.

Thx for joining in, longtimelurker!

[gordianot]

12. Getting closer all the time what might come after Trump?

[librechik]

13. ...you mean after the war he provokes for the profit of his buddies?

I don't think anything really comes after that. They want that state to be permanent and eternal. If we don't stop them now, we don't get another chance. And the coup was planned to make The People helpless to redress. It took years and a triple GOP majority. But Putin is a patient man.