A recent LTE writer asked “Am I the only person that can connect the similarities between the development of Hitler’s coming to power and what Trump is doing to our democratic system?”
Awareness of the similarities is evident at the pro-Constitution rallies. One local sign said, “Don’t feed the Nazis.”
To get up-to-date on the Hitler-Trump similarities, some fascinating reading recommendations:
“Hitler, The Memoir of a Nazi Insider Who Turned Against the Fuhrer” (a movie-worthy firsthand look at Hitler by his foreign press secretary, who barely escaped execution);
“Those Who Forget: My Family’s Story of Nazi Germany” (it also illustrates the value of Germany’s post-war “Memory Work” for owning up to their sordid past);
“Fascism, A Warning” (the author’s experiences with leaving Czechoslovakia after the Nazis’ 1939 invasion); and
“Disobeying Hitler, German Resistance After Valkyrie.”
Also worthwhile: “Willful Blindness, Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril.” For those wondering how a mentally-ill Hitler could attract so many followers, “Affirming Psychosis, The Mass Appeal of Adolph Hitler.”
“Raised to Rage” dovetails well with “Affirming” and helps with understanding why some politicians lack the ability to think on their own.
For an inspiring read: “Humankind, A Hopeful History.”
Vice President JD Vance wrote in a 2016 letter, “I go back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical a**hole like Nixon who wouldn’t be that bad (and might even be useful) or that he’s America’s Hitler.” Given Trump’s downhill polling, Vance probably regrets finding Trump “useful.”