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I feel like half the neighbourhood is on fire and everyone is carrying on like everything is normal (lemmy.ca)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to c/rant@lemmy.sdf.org
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The Untied States is literally becoming like nazi Germany and I don't know if people understand that I'm not exaggerating. I legitimately can't tell if people realize that America is now a fascist dictatorship, likely to soon go full on nazi Germany and make it explicitly illegal to be part of certain minority groups, at which point it may be too late for people to leave. I don't know if people around me understand that that's not an exaggeration.

People just keep on going to Disneyland as if it's perfectly safe. It's like watching people go to a store that's literally on fire and nobody is even trying to put it out. It's like people think if the fire department isn't reacting then it isn't happening

and my grandmother thinks it's funny to tell me canada is going to be the 51st state. Yes, so hilarious the fire might soon consume our house too

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

MAGA isn't as competent as Nazi Germany though. That was a enonomically devestated country that voted in a dictator to fix things. Nazis were efficient; that was literally the point.

This is more like the fall of Rome or the Soviet Union: a country at the apex of power and efficacy, finally buckling under the weight of its decedance and indulgences, and drinking too much of its own koolaid.

My hope is that MAGA turns into a cold bucket of water for the country. But more realistically, this seems to be the start of a sad corpo state that's going to fall behind the rest of the world.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nazis were efficient; that was literally the point.

No, they weren't particularly efficient. In many cases they were bumbling idiots that got really, really lucky - just like the current US administration.

[–] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

Yeah there were several make or break moments for the Nazis that could have easily halted the whole thing but they just kept being lucky.

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