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Pro@programming.dev to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 24 days ago

If Trump is being compared to Hitler, who was Hitler before he was Hitler?

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If Trump is being compared to Hitler, who was Hitler before he was Hitler?

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Pro@programming.dev to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 24 days ago
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As he embraces authoritarianism, Trump takes his place in a rogue's gallery populated by such disreputable figures as Nero and Robespierre.
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    Napoleon

    And context matters as some portion of the world knew another as Alexander the Terrible.

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    These are the kinds of questions that should give you pause about what kind of times we’re living in.

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    I vaguely recall a US founding father referring to the political situation with the British Empire as “Caesarism”, so perhaps Julius Caesar?

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