Make no mistake, these "early similarities" are not 1925 early, they are 1934, maybe 1935 early. The US is not descending into fascism, it is in fascism.
German National Socialism didn't start with industrial genocide either. It early on operated concentration camps, to imprison political enemies first and foremost, criminals, and marginalised groups like queer people, before slowly ramping up its mistreatment of Jews and other racial minorities, ending in the Holocaust what started as "they are only saying this, they wouldn't actually do anything". The Party deconstructed state apparatuses, quietly toppling any democratic order, and intertwined its own party organisations with the state. "Nazis" might not be entirely accurate, but it is close enough.
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u/iftlatlw Sep 19 '25
So we should be calling it the Nazi Republican party then?