Comments on: From The Archives -- Thinking The Unthinkable: Donald Trump, GOP Nominee

By: nypoet22

nypoet22 — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 16:29:05 +0000

while searching on the topic, i found a great post by thom hartmann on the topic, from 2005. it contains many salient quotes from milton meyer's post-nazi book, They Thought They Were Free, which itself is an outstanding read for anyone who has the time and energy for it. among them:

Now I see a little better how Nazism overcame Germany - not by attack from without or by subversion from within, but with a whoop and a holler. It was what most Germans wanted - or, under pressure of combined reality and illusion, came to want. They wanted it; they got it; and they liked it. [break] I came home a little bit afraid for my country, afraid of what it might want, and get, and like, under combined pressure of reality and illusion. I felt - and feel - that it was not German Man that I met, but Man. He happened to be in Germany under certain conditions. He might be here under certain conditions. He might, under certain conditions, be I.

By: nypoet22

nypoet22 — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 16:12:29 +0000

I know it's been talked to death and Donald is absolutely not Hitler, but people not taking his base of support seriously is one glaring similarity

By: John M from Ct.

John M from Ct. — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 23:49:42 +0000

Yes, this brings back memories of 'thinking the unthinkable'. I remember how my very bright but very conservative brother immediately latched on to Trump in 2015, with real enthusiasm and belief in his style and his break-the-rules promises. That told me, for all my misgivings, that Trump was not going to be taken down very easily. And the rest is history...

By: MtnCaddy

MtnCaddy — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 22:28:41 +0000

FYI that originally published link went to your July 2nd column.

By: MtnCaddy

MtnCaddy — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 22:26:48 +0000

Interesting reading after the fact. My recollection is that at that time most of the pundit class was poo-pooing TFG actually winning the general election so that was prescient. Yup, you and Michael Moore.

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