Principante8
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The "declared war on Germany" is more a figure of speech, a handy headline. The subheading talks of Boycott of German goods. The Jews were not a nation and could not declare war on anyone. I think they mean that the Jews were in united opposition to Nazi Germany. They certainly did nothing militarily as they did not have the capability.
@sandman, there certainly is a far/extreme right. You might think they are sane, but that says more about your views than anything else. It's all very well that people don't like labels, however words are descriptive and far/extreme right certainly describes some people attitude and political bent. I was reluctant to use the term Fascist to describe Trump, but most of his actions were right out of the Fascist playbook. Events on 6 January kind of proved it to me.
The piece of the puzzle that you're missing is that some people felt the Jews were the hand moving the chess pieces around the board. People felt the Jews used wealth and power to get into political positions in order to influence and control other people's countries, and armies, to suit their own needs. Do you know that the bolshevik revolution in Russia was started by Jews. They had a massive military that they used to kill or displace millions of innocent people once they took the reins, and created an empire of misery. These were the jews that Germany was against. A lot of German politicians wanted to team up with the Ruskies to turn Germany into a communist nation and that's why Adolf became popular amongst the citizens. If the people would submit, they would submit to a countryman instead of an international banking cartel. Both communism and socialism are terrible ideas in my opinion so I wasn't routing for either of them.
There was more to the National Socialists though than just fascism, there was also nationalism. This is the real 'evil' that the power players fear. A group of like minded people that love themselves and their heritage. Trump is a nationalist, but a capitalist, a free american in support of a free USA. At least this is what his persona, and his words suggest. Because I'm a patriotic american and we just had political season I watched a few of his rallies to see if he had anything important to say. To stay apolitical, I won't say whether I approved of his message, but I will say he's certainly not promoting fascist ideas. In fascism there must exist a mechanism of control. People may or may not have liked his domestic or foreign policy, and he may have been abrasive to a lot of folks, and of course very much like every president before him he's clearly quite narcissistic, but calling him a fascist is more than a stretch. It's ok to disagree with someone's ideas without labeling a person as such.
Trump's playbook seems to be a nationalist playbook. Don't forget that Americans voted for Trump, not Chinese citizens, or Russian citizens, or 1930's German citizens, etc. Hard working red blooded Americans. When the left gets too far out of touch with their controlling, authoritarian policies, and general way of life, that's when you'll see real, unimagined fascism rise again and counter with their own brand of authoritarianism. Before this summer neither side has pushed far enough yet in recent times for any real conflict here in the US, but now that Antifa is back doing the same exact thing they were doing 90 years ago, maybe we'll see something happen. Up is down, left is right, boys are girls, Christians are evil, white folks (the majority) are evil, abortions a great, the immigrant that took your job is amazing, etc. BLM are destroying cities, and it's leaders are claiming to be trained marxists (authoritarian leftists) that want to destroy the idea of a nuclear family. That means parents shouldn't have a say and that the state makes all the rules. They are also supported by the biggest corporations in the world, and by politicians that promote controlling authoritarian policies. People are being told what is acceptable to think and say. That's sure a lot of buttons to push considering that an opposing ideology exists. It's akin to poking a wild animal with a stick.
Historically, fascism as we know it, was a reaction. If it in fact is coming back in your opinion, which I don't believe it is 'yet', ask yourself why. Balance is the key. Right now the weight is clearly on the left.
In regards to the Jan 6 protest and mini riot, it is incredible to me that there's more security at an average concert than I saw on all of the videos I've seen from that event. The mayor and capitol police really blew it on that and cost people their lives. Speaking of concerts, I was in mosh pits in the 90's that looked more intense. I also have seen videos of the police letting protestors past the barricades at the capitol building. This is after the FBI and Homeland Security reported a threat several days in advance. Instead the idiot politicians put fencing and protection up after the event??? If they had acted responsibly it would have looked like a watered down BLM Antifa event with some fireworks and pepper spray. This was very much calculated for maximum visual effect. It appeared that the Trump supporters were overpowering, but in reality it was complete lack of security and defense, or what I would call criminal negligence.