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applegrove

(130,334 posts) Sat Apr 12, 2025, 12:50 PM Apr 2025

Hannah Arendt: What she saw in Hitler's Germany, we can see in Trump's America.

https://toad.social/@KimPerales/114325646597814338

The 'banality of evil' described by political theorist Hannah Arendt is taking hold in the United States.What she saw in Hitler’s Germany, we can see in Trump’s America.

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(Great but harrowing article at link)

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Hannah Arendt: What she saw in Hitler's Germany, we can see in Trump's America. (Original Post) applegrove Apr 2025 OP

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more advertising and propaganda PATRICK Apr 2025 #2

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Sat Apr 12, 2025, 01:13 PM

Apr 2025

https://archive.ph/7Yr6h

Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny,” will air on PBS on June 27

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PATRICK

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2. more advertising and propaganda

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Sat Apr 12, 2025, 03:32 PM

Apr 2025

and a LOT more insanity normalized in the media to turn a democratic society into this. I wonder about all the fussy historians lecturing us about calling the right wing fascists? Or the Hitler comparison? Our slide has just been more shameful overall, but it comes from the degradation of everything human on the "top".

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