Remember I said that Donald Trump was more dangerous than Adolf Hitler, despite being less cunning, because of: the power of the U.S. presidency; the complacency of his opposition; and the obvious gullibility of his followers.
He may be partially gone, but the conditions remain.
He may be partially gone, but the conditions remain.
I am posting this in response to Georgia’s alarming voter suppression bill, which hands to the legislature the power to decide who won state elections, regardless of the vote. This same governor “won” based on his control over votes in his own election as secretary of state.
Our insistence that “it can’t happen here” all but guaranteed it would happen, and it is happening. Dangerous personalities are present in any nation, but strong democracies generally keep them out of power. We already elected one to the highest office of the land.
Hitler, like Trump, is a reflection of societal mental health. Either of their personality structure is very common (I have seen about 1000 in my career). A nation that elevates them to leadership positions is by definition unhealthy and self-destructive.
Hitler, like Trump, is a reflection of societal mental health. Either of their personality structure is very common (I have seen about 1000 in my career). A nation that elevates them to leadership positions is by definition unhealthy and self-destructive.
We should recall that Hitler did not kill 500,000 in his first four years. His mass killing was much more gradual and depended on the population’s normalization of evil. We were much quicker to normalize Trump’s evil—even his mass killing of attempt to overturn our democracy.
*mass killing or
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