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they said sorry (lemmy.world)
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[–] 6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Currently adult Americans had like ten different elections that allowed them to not end up in this mess. They failed like 8 of those, so here we are.
The amount of blame is directly proportional to the amount of agency people had. US was, until very recently, a democracy. A bit shitty one, but still, so everyone who was of a voting age share some of that responsibility.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Hitler was elected multiple times as well. His party didn't have any more support than trump does. If we had more than a two party system, we would have elected Trump by the same margins as Hitler.

    The problem is that kind and peaceful people are so reluctant to respond to violence with violence. If the first Nazis, upon starting their drivel, were promptly punched in the mouth, and that happened repeatedly, I feel they would have gotten a lot less done.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    That's a very persistent myth, but no, Hitler did a powergrab specifically using violence as an instrument. He got all the power because his supporters ditched the institutions they had and used terrorist threats as a justification.
    America still has some institutions left, even though current dictator wishes to dismantle them all. Don't let him, he wants you to ditch last bits of the political institutions and start a civil war, because he controls all the instruments that will let him win it. Your only chance of winning is to use the only thing fascists are afraid of - proper government.

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