This may come as a shocker to you, but there are people in this country who are driven by morals, not money. It’s true! Real life people, who vote and everything, who genuinely care for the poor and needy.
> The big difference between Germany of the 30s and the US today is that the Germans had suffered.
This is why Fox News etc. exist. To create the perception of suffering and persecution amongst their viewers, by trans athletes, welfare queens, Satanic cults, etc.
It would be awesome if HN stopped looking at every single thing through the lens of US politics. "liberals" doesn't even mean anything in most of the world, and indeed I struggle identifying what kind of group you're talking about. The text is about historical events that have already happened - you can take whatever lesson you want out of them, you can see parallels with your own country or you don't have to. But not everything is about America.
I can’t truly understand how frustrating it must be for everything to be so focused on the US all the time. And I see this sentiment expressed often.
But let’s be real: this piece is almost certainly being circulated precisely because of what’s unfolding in the US.
We shouldn’t confuse what we wish were true (that the US is not the center of gravity for world politics) with what is true (that the US is the center of gravity for world politics).
Some people form a belief and then look for evidence to support it, others look at the evidence and check for inconsistencies before getting attached to a belief. "Nobody" wants Trump to be Hitler, they're observing parallels which you have rejected because of your desired beliefs.
