The 3rd Reich lasted 12 years and had been 10 years in the making when Hitler took power.
The US had been a crypto-fascist state since 2001, since Dubya started the nazification of America with the USA Patriot Act and Gitmo. That’s 24 years ago - 24 years that I’ve stayed clear away from that dangerous place. So it took 2.4 time longer to turn actively fascist than Germany.
Now it’s a fully fledged fascist state. If history is any indication, it might take 30 years to be defeated. Even if it took only 15, I’m old enough that I might not be around to enjoy a return trip to a democratic USA.
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The 3rd Reich lasted 12 years and had been 10 years in the making when Hitler took power.
The US had been a crypto-fascist state since 2001, since Dubya started the nazification of America with the USA Patriot Act and Gitmo. That’s 24 years ago - 24 years that I’ve stayed clear away from that dangerous place. So it took 2.4 time longer to turn actively fascist than Germany.
Now it’s a fully fledged fascist state. If history is any indication, it might take 30 years to be defeated. Even if it took only 15, I’m old enough that I might not be around to enjoy a return trip to a democratic USA.