03-04-2016, 04:10 PM
My take was not a liberal one it was historical. When would-be despots rise to power it is generally in a climate of long frustration by the people, fear of foreigners or other outside attack, an authoritarian worldview (that means people who like to be ordered around because it makes them feel safe), and a disbelief or dismissal by those who are educated and intelligent enough to recognize the despot as a fool but don't take him seriously. I can point to a half dozen recent examples and never even come close to Godwin's law.
Your boy just stated on national tv that he was fine with torture even of the families of his enemies. Any of you who think that isn't dangerous is a fool.
And @Blindgreed: history also shows us that when a despot rises to power the first people targeted are those with the education, intelligence and willingness to speak against him. Pol pot, Kim Il Sun, the purges in Cambodia and Indonesia and Haiti and Rwanda and Bosnia and Croatia and Iraq and of Course Germany and Russia...same pattern every time. Laughingstock takes power on the backs of the weakminded, and consolidates power by killing or removing all voice of dissent. Not deep-end conspiracy: historical precedent.
Your boy just stated on national tv that he was fine with torture even of the families of his enemies. Any of you who think that isn't dangerous is a fool.
And @Blindgreed: history also shows us that when a despot rises to power the first people targeted are those with the education, intelligence and willingness to speak against him. Pol pot, Kim Il Sun, the purges in Cambodia and Indonesia and Haiti and Rwanda and Bosnia and Croatia and Iraq and of Course Germany and Russia...same pattern every time. Laughingstock takes power on the backs of the weakminded, and consolidates power by killing or removing all voice of dissent. Not deep-end conspiracy: historical precedent.
Thank god I am oblivious to the opinions of others while caught in the blinding splendor of my own cleverness.