On Sunday, MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan spoke with Jason Stanley, a professor at Yale University and the author of “How Fascism Works,” and discussed Trump’s frightening Veterans Day rally speech, where he called his detractors “vermin” within our country that…
Hitler rose to power by promising to make Germany great again.
Also, the conservative government at the time was quickly losing popularity. They didn’t like Hitler and his policies, but they decided to make him their leader because it would get them votes. They were certain that Hitler alone couldn’t steamroll the party into something different. He would just be the popular face that got them votes! Turned out great for them. Well, the ones who weren’t executed for disloyalty.
And now look at Germany today. Not bad, eh? /s
I guess we could have gone from 1930 to 1950 and beyond without the shit in between…