Is trump the new hitler?

[RandomGuy1032]

Trump thinks the us is becoming communist. I dont know if you know this but hitler said that about Germany.

Maybe

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[nightdrot]

Good grief! Sorry, I am a student of history and have worked in politics for over 20 years. To that I would add that, although a Republican I am no fan of Mr. Trump and did not vote for him in 2016. (Though I did vote for him against Mr. Biden, having had firsthand experience with Mr. Biden and knowing him for the intellectually vacuous man that he has proved to be.)

As I say, I am no fan of Mr. Trump. That said - and I rarely speak with such frustration and emotion on this site - but enough is enough. The Hitler analogies are both grossly overdrawn and morally obscene. They trivialize what Hitler was and did and they overstate, for the sake of satisfying the emotional catharsis of the accuser, the mistakes and flaws of Mr. Trump.

Mr. Trump is bombastic and politically shallow. He is a populist in the tradition of William Jennings Bryan, Huey Long and - on the other side - Bernie Sanders. His politics is philosophically shallow and designed to satisfy the resenments and envy that permeate a self-satisfied and narcissistic culture like that which suffuses the United States at this moment in time - has before and will again.

To any intellectually serious student of history and political philosophy, this hardly puts him in the same league with Hitler. A man who espoused a theory of History - with a capital "H" - in which the competition of the races was the motivating force. A man who threw millions into the gas chambers and committed genocide on a colossal scale. A man who was willing to provoke a world war - with all its' costs in blood and treasure - for the sake of his racial theories.

Nothing in Mr. Trump's record comes remotely close. The comparison is morally obscene, not to mention dishonoring the literally millions who died at Hitler's orders or fighting him.

It is time for this pathetic generation to grow up, get serious and read a history book. Take your noses out of your i-phones and read a serious work of history of philosophy.

No, Mr. Trump is not the "new Hitler." Not even close, and those who make such an absurd and obscene comparison are not only intellectually shallow they are morally grotesque. Enough!

[Julie4]

Best answer we can give on this kind of questions. I hope that many people can read your answer.

Honestly I wonder how we can seriously think that the two people are really comparable.

[nightdrot]

@Julie4 Thanks. As to your question, we live in an age where emotional catharsis is considered an adequate substitute for reasoned thought and analysis. Ergo someone who does not like Mr. Trump reached for the grossest comparison they can find. It makes them feel better, regardless of the substantive merits of the argument.

Thanks again.

[Sparks32]

According to the left there are only two people in the world those who vote for (ass puppet) Biden and people who are Nazis.

[goaded]

LOL at the guy saying no because Hitler was a much better politician with vision!

I think the comparison stems from the desire to end democracy in their respective countries more than specific policies (Hitler's didn't become known until after the war).

[joeldalton]

Trump might be hitler. Hitler had two legs, trump has two legs.

[HippieVeganJewslim]

Hitler hates us Jews and us Russians. Trumpf hassen uns Muslime und die Mexicaner. Your answer: JA!

[Guy13]

No but Biden is Chinese double agent !!

[Akam93]

Definitely. He is not even fit to run this country also.

[Guy13]

@Akam93 Hello Good morning :-)

[Akam93]

Good morning. :)

[Guy13]

@Akam93 How are you? Off today?

[Akam93]

I'm doing wonderful. :) be easier if you messaged me.

[Anonymous]

No, and he never was either. Is Biden a Marxist?

[DaisyM23]

i don't like trump but i don't think he's hitler

[Maddie248]

Nope but the left likes to say it anyway

[Dargil]

Nope. Biden is much closer.