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Victor Davis Hanson: Weimar America - We may be headed for a 1930s nightmare
American Greatness ^ | 4 Dec, 2023 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 12/04/2023 4:47:47 AM PST by MtnClimber

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To: Regulator

I’d bet you know little or nothing about VDH.


61 posted on 12/04/2023 8:05:40 AM PST by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: rxh4n1

Correct.

Because the promised state support and safety.


62 posted on 12/04/2023 8:07:40 AM PST by redgolum (We are not going to make it, are we. )
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To: PCPOET7

The Demcrats concure wholeheartedly with you on this, only they’re using the J6 ‘insurrection’. The premise is based on a lie and the results will bear likely fruit.


63 posted on 12/04/2023 8:08:24 AM PST by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness. ])
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To: Noumenon

I’m afraid you’re right.

Most on our side are aware of different possibilities/probabilities and won’t be in shock when things happen.

There is going to be major meltdown by many, but mostly on the left and that will be dangerous.


64 posted on 12/04/2023 8:09:08 AM PST by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: SisterK

Yes.


65 posted on 12/04/2023 8:09:44 AM PST by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: MtnClimber

Leftist Jews supported the “intersectionality” and Critical Race Theory scams.

Now they are slowly realizing that THEY are considered “white oppressors”.

What will win out in the cognitive dissonance? Survival or virtue signaling? Too soon to tell. Still a lot of adherents to virtue signaling.


66 posted on 12/04/2023 8:11:53 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so stupid people won’t be offended)
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To: laplata

And neither do you.


67 posted on 12/04/2023 8:13:15 AM PST by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: Regulator

No I dont now nothin about hem.


68 posted on 12/04/2023 8:29:16 AM PST by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: The Sentient Sheep

BRAND EVERY ONE OF THEM ON THE FOREHEAD & THEN-—SEE IF THEY CAN GET A JOB.....


69 posted on 12/04/2023 8:41:15 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

when good and evil compromise, evil always wins...


70 posted on 12/04/2023 8:57:45 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Chode

Evil Will Always Triumph, Because Good Is Dumb. - Dark Helmet


71 posted on 12/04/2023 8:59:01 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Chickensoup
In the current 'War against Jews and Whites' the tipping point comes soon - within the next 8-10 years.

It'll happen when Biden and his goons import (let cross the border) enough third world black/brown people to mix with current progressive/democrats to tip the balance - - making this a one party country.

It's as if Hitler were able to import millions of foreigners primed by jealousy and racial rage to stand with him. In those circumstances Hitlere might not have lost World War II. Democrats know when Illegals are made legal they vote democrat for the first three generations.

72 posted on 12/04/2023 9:20:31 AM PST by GOPJ (...President of the United States is a...controlled asset of the Chinese Communist Party. Sam Faddis)
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To: MtnClimber

I hate to say this, but it sounds like the time is coming when someone is going to have to take some VERY harsh measures with those protesting against Israel.


73 posted on 12/04/2023 9:42:45 AM PST by oldtech
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To: eyeamok

When things get bad, and the people wake up there will always be a man on a white horse to come and fix things. For the French exhausted by the Terror it was Napoleon, for the Germans, Hitler, for the Italians, Mussolini, for the Argentines, Juan and Eva Peron. I hope Trump is taking riding lessons!


74 posted on 12/04/2023 9:48:12 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade ( Ride to the sound of the Guns!)
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To: MtnClimber
An interesting comparison - there are actually quite a few historical precedents for what we see going on in America at the moment, which is why it is a good thing to study history and an advantageous thing for cultural and national enemies to attempt to subvert and alter it to their ends. With regard to the time of Weimar Germany, it is useful to note that many of those same cultural currents were present in France at the same time before, during, and after the fall in 1940 and to which they contributed no small amount. These currents set Germany up to morph into a nightmarish police state, and Vichy turned out to be a very willing slave government.

What they amount to encapsulates an ennui, an unwillingness to push back against violence, a sense that the only thing that matters in a world of relative comfort is safety and not in defending the principles that created that world. Talking back is shouted down, shouting back is met with violence, and when there is nothing left for it but to shoot back the victims find themselves disarmed long ago, and the fight becomes an uphill battle of pure survival.

Stay armed, stay educated, stay strong, and recognize as early as possible that the long-subverted engines of state that attempt to control you are not your friend.

75 posted on 12/04/2023 9:55:42 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill

Thanks for that great reply. I could not agree more. And, if the tyrants are not afraid of you then they will treat you worse.


76 posted on 12/04/2023 10:05:13 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: escapefromboston

I have never understood this mindset, given history. It baffles me


77 posted on 12/04/2023 10:06:58 AM PST by dkGba
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To: Chickensoup
History may not repeat exactly but it sure does rhyme doesn't it?

We remain in disbelief collectively thinking it is best not to overreact. We will keep doing that until it is way too late.

Meanwhile we will try to out vote rigged computers and send in our strongly worded ballot. Yeah, that will work against tyranny. Sure, that is the way a republic is supposed to work. We are only governed by the consent of the governed aren't we? Keep believing that and see where it gets us. Where has it gotten us so far?

78 posted on 12/04/2023 10:57:43 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance)
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To: dfwgator

100%


79 posted on 12/04/2023 10:58:02 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: cgbg

Got it. Thx.


80 posted on 12/04/2023 10:59:12 AM PST by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a strong bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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