The Coronavirus

[David Horn]

(07-21-2021, 05:01 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(04-09-2021, 02:20 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: Donald Trump is a lazy and unsophisticated version of a would-be fascist tyrant. It is only the mercy of Providence that Trump did not fully understand what he was doing. Hitler knew his history well, and studied what he needed to know in the arts of persuasion and administration while ignoring the significance of morality and humanitarianism. Hitler turned to brutality after destroying democracy and freedom quickly. Brutality is effective until it destroys the initiative and resourcefulness of the exploited people. Trump did not move as rapidly as Hitler or Pinochet in smashing all semblance of freedom, and that makes all the difference in the world this time. COVID-19 made Trump an electoral failure in his bid for a second term.

I see Hitler as centered on his nation and culture, while Trump is centered on himself.  That makes them hard to compare.  Still, the elites and the racists are a real problem in America.  Trump managed to take advantage of them.

Good point. It's hard to build a lasting political movement on narcissism.  Eventually, that gets old -- even for the acolytes with no life of their own.