Trumpled (Alternative Leading)

[ElwoodBlues1]

Why would we want to change minds? Few if any of those who have posted in this thread can vote in US elections and I doubt search engines would have funnelled American internet surfers our way or else I’d have been inundated with death threats.

But don’t treat it like whether you like Star Trek or Star Wars or vanilla over pistachio ice cream. This wasn’t just a litmus test regarding political attitudes. Trump was clearly unfit to be a national leader, especially of the most powerful country in the world. He was capable of inflicting great harm on everyone, not just Americans. That we largely escaped unharmed wasn’t due to any moderation on his part. If he’d been able to steal this election, he would have smashed the few chains that stopped him from being a dictator.

At least Germans after the war mostly disowned Hitler and denied having supported him. Those who continue to support Trump after he went full-on fascist by inciting an insurrection should do some soul-searching. Trump did us a favour by saying the quiet part out loud so no one can pretend he was just misunderstood.

Here’s a tip going forward. When the next aspiring tyrant has a psychologist niece who warns s/he is a malignant narcissist who is incapable of compassion or empathy but derives sadistic satisfaction from hurting others and other psychiatric experts echo that warning, maybe don’t cheer him/her on  :

I'd suggest Hitler and more importantly the Nazi ideology had plenty of support after the war, the allies tried to employ denazification but didnt have the resources to carry it out as member/affiliated numbers were too high. Anti Communism was the theme that allowed the Hitler and the Nazis to gather support and that was even more prevalent when the war finished.
Patriotism was the only factor in the USA entering WWII after it was attacked by the Japanese, before that it was happy to stay out of it and make money selling transport/arms.
Trump with his anti China us vs them theme sold Patriotism as well, make America great again, think Adolf had the same line with make Germany great again or words to that effect. Trump got in on the back of his selling the Patriotic dream like Hitler did and it took a world war and a world pandemic to get rid of both of them but the hard core support was always there and always will be IMHO.
I worked with some German Engineers who were kids during the war and they still believed in some of the Nazi concepts and ideals....There is always someone willing to buy what a tyrant is selling when they promise a better life and have the right sales pitch.