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A totalitarian state, like Nazi Germany, won't happen here with the demographics we have. Nazi Germany pushed people into a nationalistic frenzy wherein they were expected, if not required, to work hard for the state. Can you imagine many of the Obama voters ‘working hard’? Rallying around a new kind of American nationalism?

This is more like the Bolsheviks, but in that instance there was a Czar to blame everything on, and people didn't vote. The left is constantly trying to find their ‘Czar’ to hang blame on (e.g. Bush, the 1%, old white guys), but none of these are the kinds of persona to coalesce a popular uprising around. Also, the left has a very fractured coalition put together with a combination of gum, spit, self-interest, and resentment. It won't be too long before some of those factions that make up the coalition turn against the mother ship. We saw some of this with the Hillary voters that jumped ship.

We just need to keep our noses down, be principled, and we'll be OK. It might take awhile, with lots of bs and disappointments in between, but we will be OK.

Nazi Germany pushed people into a nationalistic frenzy wherein they were expected, if not required, to work hard for the state. Can you imagine many of the Obama voters ‘working hard’?

ROTFL!! Oh, that's the best observation I've seen in weeks.

“Nazi Germany pushed people into a nationalistic frenzy wherein they were expected, if not required, to work hard for the state. Can you imagine many of the Obama voters ‘working hard’?”

No totalitarian state looks kindly upon malingerers. The stupid and the lazy will be press-ganged into some form of work, probably mindless and sweaty. I wonder if they will realize how better off they would have been working hard under freedom and capitalism instead of toiling just to earn their “freebies”?

Wake up and smell the Gramsci. The authoritarian State is brought to you this time by devious hegemonic benevolent forces, not the usual military oppressive “force” or through rabid revolutionary means like the well organized “Leninist” in the late 19th early 20th century. The cultural revolution is leading to the oppression; again wake up and smell the Social Theory” arising.

If by “working hard” means they are given power over others, then yes I can see it. The TSA being a perfect example of this. Give them a small wage, but give them state backed power and they will be motivated to do whatever the regime wants.

Also you would be surprised how the rank and file Brownshirts were not exactly productive Eastern European citizens before they were given jobs in which the aphrodisiac was control over those who they hated and admonished. All it takes is easy motivation, say, like when there is a glitch in monthly welfare payments that cause an uprising by those who you say are too lazy to act. I don't think you understand at all because those “lazy” individuals sure become motivated when their needs and wants are threatened or more rewards are offered for the taking.