I wonder if, perhaps, we should be looking less at “Nazi Germany” and more at “Apartheid-era South Africa” or “Putinist Russia.” One-party domination, after all, would be their dream come true.

Here’s the thing, though. By focusing on Trump and the presidency, we’ve lost sight of the fact that the GOP has not only long been in control of Congress, but has also dominated state governments—in fact, they’re nearly at the point where they could single-handedly call a constitutional convention, where all hell…

Yep, just like the misguided fear of Obama’s so-called “Socialism” that has sprung up over the last 8 years.

I’m not entirely sure what point you’re making, however it’s interesting to note that the Freikorps began as a “small community” that didn’t have broad appeal. They transformed into the Sturmabteilung (SA, or “Brown Shirts”), and grew to nearly 2 million under Hitler (four times the size of the standing German Army).

Moshe Wisenheimer - another appeal that Hitler had to the German voters of the 1930's was strong opposition to communism. The Germans were very afraid of the communist revolution coming mainly because of worker revolts and unrest due to plants closing. They probably feared communism more than anything else and Hitler…

Yes, I agree. The alt-right is a minority of Trump voters. We have serious issues of ethnic and racial equality in this country, but the vast majority of Americans are not overtly racist.

That was a great comment. I’d only like to add that Trump has already identified a religious group that he wants to target for special punitive efforts, namely Muslims. No he’s not putting them in camps now but it’s pretty easy to see the path that would lead to that happening. America isn’t specially immune to…

I think it is worth noting that Donald Trump is almost certainly not the next Hitler and that I generally find comparisons between Nazism, the Holocaust, and contemporary people and events highly distasteful and disrespectful of all those who lost their lives. There are exceptions of course. It is appropriate to…