Do those refer to the pogroms that happened at the end of Ancinet Rome ? If so, than I wonder about how the analogy holds. Ancient Rome was not a truly democratic Republic the way the US is. They didnt have established balances of power and representation for people like we do.
late republic, 1st century bc. no, the entire analogy is never complete (no historical analogy can be), but the underlying political scene was, to my eye, not dissimilar. ‘it cannot happen here’ is something germans most certainly would have said in 1920.
Liquidating the opposition isn’t a new concept, and the NDAA is a nice building block on doing so legally. it is also good for going after high-wealth targets (sulla did this, iirc), just for the purpose of confiscating their wealth.