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Written by John on 2025-02-01 at 21:50

So, a major difference between the rise of MAGA fascists and Nazi fascists is that MAGA is coming to power with far less popularity, during a time of hegemony and (unequal) largesse, with high (low-paid) employment.

Nazis came to power during a time of utter destitution and geopolitical humiliation for Germany. They used the poverty and unemployment (as high as 50% in the early 1930s) to justify huge changes in the government and economy, and to build support for their Final Solution.

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Written by John on 2025-02-01 at 21:53

We may hit 50% unemployment, but it will be because of Trump and his MAGA movement playing fast and loose with a global economy that the US relies on to ensure its hegemony and its reserve currency status.

And that will be obvious, because he's spent months bloviating as loudly as possible about the tariffs he just implemented.

It took 25 years to get rid of Nazi fascists partly because they did stuff that made them popular. Not stuff that made them public enemy no. 1.

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