CAN
HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?
By
Robert V. Wills
Unless the Democratic party can
accomplish impeachment or come up with a more appealing candidate next year, we
run the risk of repeating the ugly scenario of the 1930’s Third Reich.
No one under 90 personally remembers how
a charismatic house painter hypnotized a great country by slogans, racism, doublespeak,
and war on the press, the courts, and the intelligentsia. But I do, and I am
astounded that this America
is as vulnerable to an unhinged,
unprincipled, demagogue as it has proven to be. And very worried, because as
evil as Trump is, he is also a clever showman and charlatan when dealing with
uneducated and worried segments of the United States.
It’s no coincidence that Trump admires
only dictators and hates the press. He
is truly a dictator-in-training.
Rick
Steves of PBS Travel
has seen the ugly trend and produced a DVD titled, “The Story of Fascism in Europe,” describing the rise of the Third Reich from
start to finish. I recommend that sooner or later every reader of this blog see that DVD. It plays often on KCET and
lasts only one hour.
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