• JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Good news. Just keep it peaceful or it will be counter-productive. There is nothing Trump wants more than violence and disorder.

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        7 days ago

        Violence was pretty common in those days. The problem with the German opposition is that they were waiting for a red line. But the nazis incrementally racheted up their actions so they didn’t recognize that red line until it was too late.

      • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
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        7 days ago

        The difference being that USA 2025 is not actually a totalitarian dictatorship. It’s the “tipping point” observation about authoritarianism: there’s a point beyond which, yes, you have no choices left but bloody revolution or foreign intervention. Only a handful of countries in the world are currently in that situation. America is nowhere near it.

      • Suite404@lemmy.world
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        7 days ago

        This. The only reason to keep it peaceful is the optics of others, not because you’ll be branded a law-breaker otherwise. MAGA will excuse unnecessary use of force, but people who might be sitting on the side lines are less likely to ignore it.