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Prediction thread: What will the U.S. gov't do that most resembles the Third Reich?

Much like William the Conqueror.

C'mon folks "Nazism" isn't a synonym for any corrupt exercise of power; it's a specific ideology.
Well, yeah: Nazism was specifically German. If it doesn't center German nationalism no movement can ever be truly Nazi.

But that would be pedantic to the point of uselessness, so nobody's insisting on that.
 
Predictions have to be something that hasn't already happened, though... :unsure:

Employ Wernher von Braun

Indulge proponents of pseudoscience


Bugger.

How about fail?*


*Includes much wishful thinking.**

**Pertaining only to egregious, harmful and generally spiteful acts, obviously.
 
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If it doesn't center German nationalism no movement can ever be truly Nazi.
For the analogy to really work as an analogy should, the new regime has to center some sort of nationalism, presumably American NationalismWP of the sort favored by Charles Lindberg and his "America First" supporters, or the Know NothingWP folks who preceded them.
But that would be pedantic to the point of uselessness, so nobody's insisting on that.
Exactly.
 
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As I've said for years the idiots who compare the Republicans to Nazis aren't really trying to minimize the evil of the latter, nor are they really trying to overstate their hatred of the former. Rather they are trying to compare themselves to Sophie Scholl and the White Rose students in Nazi Germany, heroically risking their lives in resistance to an evil regime. Of course Scholl was beheaded days after being arrested, which sort of reveals the limits of the comparison.
 
One thing most people outside (or inside) the US don't realize is how much power is allocated to the individual states. You probably won't see an outright ban on things like gay marriage or interracial marriage at the federal level early on. You'll see the Supreme Court roll back the protections. Certain states will then start pushing their own bans. Pretty much what they did with abortion.

Remember, a lot of the Nuremberg Codes were based on Jim Crow Laws, so we can look into our own history. Jim Crow laws didn't always specifically mention black or white people. The relevant states or municipalities used selective prosecution and over the top sentencing to target black people. They also made public services too onerous for black people to use, or provided a "black" version of things like parks and pools. We saw updates to this when the "preclearance" clause of the Voting Rights Act was struck down by SCOTUS in 2013. Roberts said "it wasn't necessary" even though a bunch of states had trigger laws that were written year ago to go into effect in the event of that very ruling.

As for concentration and labor camps, we've always had those. The current era Republicans are just ramping them up. Shipping people who commit civil violations to Gitmo as well as expanding the ability to force prisoners into labor are bad portents for this. Add in the fact that our 150+ year old understanding of "Citizenship" just got thrown onto the pyre, and the right is very much looking to create an underclass of non-people.

they are also doing a lot of trumpery (teehee) the Nazis engaged in. The ostentatious displays of a very vague yet stringent version of Christianity. The almost cartoonish admiration of signs of physical strength. Traditional gender roles. Attacking education and arts. A reverence for an imagined past. A cultish worship of the military. Well certain parts of the military.
 
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You haven't heard Trump saying they should bring back the Guillotine?
I mean, he says a lot of ◊◊◊◊ things. Remember when Mexico paid for our new wall?

The whole point of a prediction game is to test what you believe will actually happen, in real life.
 
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Imprisonment, torture, and potentially execution of protestors and assorted political enemies.
 
Armed thugs and goons wearing scary uniforms with cryptic insignias attacking peaceful protestors (and even cops) in fealty to their dear leader.
 
Armed thugs and goons wearing scary uniforms with cryptic insignias attacking peaceful protestors (and even cops) in fealty to their dear leader.
Will they pick a date other than January 6th this time around or is this like a commemoration?
 

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