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The number of similarities between modern America and 1930s Germany is shocking.

I believe the assassination of Kirk is highly analogous to the killing of Horst Wessel. Both Wessel and Kirk were far right nationalists who were killed and subsequently hailed as martyrs by their fascist movements.

Hitler brought up Wessel in all of his early speeches. The Nazis wrote songs and bullt statues of Wessel. And today we can already hear the songs about Kirk. Congressmen are passing around a bill to erect a statue of Kirk in the Capitol.

If we continue to follow this timeline closely, we are about 2 years away from our own Reichstag fire moment.

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TwoDogsFighting@lemmy.ml ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
To be fair, 1930s got most of their ideas from the US. The country has always been sick in the bones.

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Awkwardparticle@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
So this time around, is that 2 weeks?

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- Krono@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  That’s an interesting subject, I sometimes wonder “is our fascism progressing faster than the Nazis?”, but I haven’t really come up with a good answer.
  
  I’ll stick with my “2 years” prediction though. I think a Reichstag fire moment is most likely when political tension is high, and political tension naturally peaks in the lead up to a presidential election.
  
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  - jj4211@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Think that’s a fair assessment. On the one hand we are more connected than ever and sentiment travels fast and echo chambers let dangerous extremist thought fester. On the other hand, Germans were experiencing just a much worse actual living situation.
    
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    WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    This is the most fucking American liberal comment thread. Just casually wondering if it will be years or months until the fascists consolidate power and start exterminating people. Gee, how awful that will be. Sure is a shame nobody can do anything about it.
    
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