For now. It’s not like the Nazis started gassing people in extermination camps on day 1 while Mengele was cutting up twins. That’s the thing. They started with one thing, and people didn’t like it but got used to it. Then they added another thing, and people eventually accepted that too. And so on. It got worse and worse. But once you accept the small things, you’ll accept more and more. When we compare to Nazi Germany, we don’t compare it to 1944 Germany, but to 1930’s Germany. To how it started and how it changed.
That’s why I knew years ago during Trump’s first term, that this kind of shit would happen. It’s the natural consequence when people accept the shit they did from him back then. And now he’s worse, and people still accept it. And don’t come to me with “but look at the protests!~!!” because they don’t work. Protesting only where and when it’s allowed is not a protest, it’s a parade, and it can (and will!) be ignored by the powers that be. Well, or used as an excuse to kill more of you. Americans are being killed in broad daylight and nothing is being done. People are being sent to concentration camps on foreign soil, and nothing is being done. Minorities are losing their rights and protections, and nothing is being done. It’s kinda like how Jewish people at first ‘only’ lost their rights and German people just accepted it and let it happen… But it escalated and we know where it ends. You are already collectively accepting the former.
Also remember: The Nazis never won by vote. They never even got a majority of the vote. They were handed power by the conservatives/liberals, because they hated the communists and socialists more than they hated the Nazis, and they thought they could control Hitler. Your democrats are doing the same now. They turn on the leftists and by doing so are helping Trump and his fascist buddies.
They don’t need majority support to do anything, as long as people just stand by and let it happen anyway.
Oh, I’m sure it won’t look the same as it did back then, but honestly, did any Americans expect there to be an SA-equivalent in the US that would gun down people in broad daylight and get away with it? How about sending people to torture camps in El Salvador with no recourse? If you think something won’t ever happen, you’ll miss the warning signs too.
Besides, I think humanity learned not nearly enough of our collectively history of wars. We’re still killing each other for no fucking reason.