Summary
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker compared Donald Trump’s policies to the rise of Nazi Germany, warning against authoritarianism in his State of the State address.
Citing historical parallels, particularly economic grievances fueling extremism, he condemned Trump’s immigration policies. Republicans denounced his remarks as divisive.
He emphasized the speed of democratic collapse, stating, “It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic.”
Pritzker also referenced Skokie’s 1978 neo-Nazi march, urging vigilance against threats to democracy.
Republicans denounced his remarks as divisive
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Being nazis: Not divisive Calling out Nazis: Divisive
Nazis hate being called or equated to nazis when doing things the nazis did
I for one would like a clear division between the Nazis and me.
a clear division between the Nazis and me
I don’t need a division: I’ll take a platoon if it’s really well-armed.
Remember when people would make comparisons to Nazis and it was always a sign they were a thoughtless lunatic?
Scares the poop right out of me that now the lunatics are anyone that denies the very real parallels.
I only remember one side being called Nazis, and we were right. We have always been right. You seeing them as lunatics, does not make them so.
I love how every time repulicans are assholes its divisive to point it out.
“It’s divisive when you point out the divisive stuff we are doing! Why are you so divisive??”
I love my governor! I was really skeptical of him at first (being a billionaire and all)*, but he has really pleasantly surprised me. It looks like he’s starting the soft campaign for president with this, and all I can say is that I am sad that if he gets elected, the loss of Illinois’ best governor of my lifetime will be the entire country’s gain.
*I wanted to add that his wealth still bothers me, but he’s proven that he’s the exception that proves the rule that billionaires are bad. He’s really put his money to work for people and “can’t be bought.” With the amount of good he’s done, it makes one wonder why the others haven’t done anything similar.
I agree. I did not vote for him in the first primary but he has been spectacular and now has my vote for as long as he will stick around and keep doing good work. Kamalas veep impressed me to once I got to know him. I was worried pritzker would get the vp nod at one point and we would lose him. I think his money is what kept that from happening.
When I call Republicans “Nazis” I’m referring to 1933 Nazis, not 1942 Nazis. Disappointingly but unsurprisingly, many seem to not know the difference.
I thought Nazis were Nazis.
What is the difference?One paved the way for the other.
They didn’t start out with extermination on day one. Before that they failed an attempted coup, stripped Jews of their rights, forced the emigration and deportation of Jews, and had to build up the capacity of the future death camps.
Their point is to recognize the rise of fascist authoritarianism before we’ve reached the holocaust stage.
Also worth noting what caused the Nazis to rise to power in the 1930s was the aftermath of WW1 and the inequality it caused in Germany at the expense of the rest of Europe.
Apples cannot be compared to Oranges. It’s scary AF what is happening in America right now but there’s still hope they can course correct but someone needs to stand up and lead a resistance and it’s not there yet. If there are sane heads in the military a coup needs to happen.
All above IMHO
I wouldn’t minimize the comparability when there are such blatant examples of Trump utilizing Nazi propaganda like the Big Lie and the demonization of an out-group, like the Nazi’s antisemitic populism, to gain power.
Prior the Reichstag fire, the Nazi’s electoral high point was 37% in 1932 (or 31% of Germans at 82% turnout), compared with Trump at 49.8% last year (or 31.8% of Americans at 64% turnout). The point being that you don’t need a significant buy-in from the people to elevate leaders with dictatorial motives. You simply need a triggering event which they can use to justify their consolidation of power permanently.
Also, if the desire is to avoid authoritarian leadership, I’m not sure military coup is the play. I know the American Armed Forces swear an oath to uphold the Constitution, but it seems that would get real tricky once you’ve overthrown the Commander in Chief, in defiance of the Constitutionally mandated chain of command.
1942 Nazis were all jacked up on meth as well as being Nazis
Remember: killing nazis is always ok ❤️
Citing historical parallels, particularly economic grievances fueling extremism
It is correct, but I struggle to compare late Wheimar economics to Biden stickers for gas stations sold on Amazon.
