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People keep comparing what we're seeing now to Nazi Germany. They're not wrong. The resemblance is undeniable.
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this post was submitted on 27 Jan 2026
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Anyone could have known as early as 2016. Just by checking the Wiki page on demagogues and having a look at the tactics section.
Both Hitler and Trump check all of those boxes. These two have more in common than people want to admit.
He was reported to have kept a copy of hitler's book on his nightstand for years, so yeah, there was that. He directly quoted mussolini and stalin at that. There was never any doubt he would try to become like them. It just so happened that the rot in our institutions, and opposition party, was so deep nothing stopped him, even though he's an incompetent braggartty bore. Those are his better qualities. It's depressing we lost our republic, it appears, to that asshole. The party will take over after he's gone too they fully intend on fixing elections.
like hitler he was also methanphetamine and its variants.
trump also mentioned he idolizes hitler many times, and has allegedly has the MEIN KHAMF as a shrine when he sleeps.
Well, having a book like "Mein Kampf" on your nightstand is not a good sign either, but him using all the methods of a demagogue should have been unmistakable and even more obvious.