The Cold War? Child’s play compared to what lies ahead, according to U.S. historian Robert Kagan. Trump, he says, is leading the world into the most dangerous era since 1945.

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      23 hours ago

      They were concerned with stopping socialists and communists, not putting an all powerful fascist in charge. Which is a recurring theme in history, afraid of reform they get a dictator worse than reform.

      They thought big business could stop hitler if he got out of control, arrogantly thinking they could control the political monster they supported, just as now.

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      14 hours ago

      they didn’t have high spread internet back then to show they’re crimes of to the wider public, given that there losing seats in deep red states tells me the majority does not support these people and they’re not getting a lot of back up if things get ugly for them.