Pretty ironic given Tim Allen is Republican. Criticized Trump after the Capitol attack, but hasn't done anything to distance from the fascism since. In fact, he says he talked Trump out of pursuing Hollywood in favor of politics. So... Yeah, apparently he wants part of the blame for this mess.
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In 1996, it was widely assumed that fascism was extinct, to the point that Seinfeld could have a Soup Nazi and not have to explain that he’s not an actual Nazi.
There was also the whole Godwin thing (that basically said that any online argument would, over time, have a higher chance of someone accusing the other party of or making a comparison to nazisim), which eventually evolved to "if you mention hitler or nazis in an online debate, you automatically lose", which was pretty stupid because sometimes it is relevant (obvious today).
Though today I wonder if that was pushed in bad faith by people who wanted to avoid nazi comparisons because they were apt, so pushed that pseudologic bs that Godwin's original statement got perverted into. And then it was picked up by the multitude of people who just want an "I win" button for arguments.
We really need to start teaching modern history to kids as it happens...
The younglings honestly don't understand this has been happening for decades before trump showed up.
The silver lining is trump is so fucking bad at selling it, that damn near everyone is realizing what he's doing. They thought Iran would get them support, but it's fairly obvious they know how calendars and our government works...
They'll drag it out till midterms with likely escalations leading up to election day. Everytime trump mitigates gas prices and brags, Iran can just squeeze harder.
Reminiscent of Nixon with Vietnam, except no one has to convince Iran they're better off with a muzzled trump than one who can do anything he wants with the American military.
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