But Germans in the 1930s didn’t think they were voting for a dictatorship, or another world war, or genocide. Both Mussolini and Hitler told voters exactly who they really were. And in the last semi-free German election, in February and March of 1933, their talk about dictatorship was strikingly similar to Trump’s now. THIS HISTORY HELPS US UNDERSTAND why Trump’s talk of dictatorship and retribution shouldn’t be brushed off as hyperbole. But freedom from a Trump dictatorship will not come without a struggle, and not without suffering, especially for the most vulnerable: the working poor, people of color, migrants and refugees, women who need abortions.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 01, 2024 00:40 UTC