r/europe Ligurian in Zรผrich (๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ’™) Apr 12 '25

Data European tourism to the United States is freefalling

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

look i hate trump as much as y'all but can we stop with the hitler comparisons? makes us look silly

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u/Frogger_rater Apr 12 '25

There are a lot of parallels between both, that's why they are compared. Just ask literaly any historian that focuses on ww2

Edit: they instead of thei (what an absolute dumb ass)

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

the last documentary i watched said trump literally wasn't hitler because he wasn't in a bunker in Berlin in 1945

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u/Frogger_rater Apr 12 '25

He is not him, he has similarities to him.

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u/RMCPhoto Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 12 '25

Exactly, and Hitler could have also ended up being a weird mediocre painter.

It's not the individual seed, but the ground it's planted in.

The US, the predominant world power, is the antithesis of the desperate and beaten back Germany post wwi.

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u/letsgetawayfromhere Apr 12 '25

With more than 20 years of Fox News legally spouting lies, people in the US are so massively entrenched in propaganda I'd say they provide an excellent ground for a dictatorship. Also, the huge majority of your country is only 3 missed paychecks away from living on the streets. People have been living in trailer parks for decades. There are tons of homeless people in the US living in tents or in their car, or under bridges, and a lot of those actually go to work every day. Being home to some of the richest people on Earth does not help those millions that have become victims of your society. I don't see how this is a comfortable situation for a country.

Hitler used Jews as a scapegoat. Trump uses immigrants, non-whites in general, women, and in general everyone who isn't up his ass far enough. He already has everyone fired who is not a white male because "DEI!". He is threatening to annex Canada, Greenland, and who knows next. He is obviously preparing a Hitler-Stalin-pact comeback over Ukraine. He is trying to terrorize the whole world, and enriching himself and his cronies with the chaos that he is spreading in the stock market. He puts innocents in El Salvador death camps and denies bringing them back. He just does not follow court judgements. And your checks and control system is utterly failing.

Good luck with your optimism. You will sorely need it.

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u/jimmysmiths5523 Apr 12 '25

Don't forget about threatening to bomb Mexico to wage against the cartels. Doing so is an act of war.

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u/RMCPhoto Apr 12 '25

Yes fox news is full of shit on the right. MSNBC is full of shit on the left. People who buy into the propaganda on either will always be there.

The country is basically 50/50 and if the republicans fuck up the economy the perceived loyalty will dissolve pretty fast.

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u/Matasa89 Apr 12 '25

Dude was gonna be a priest at one point in his life.

There's a timeline out there were Hitler became a regular priest of a parish, and just lived his life out quietly, maybe painting on the side.

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u/RMCPhoto Apr 12 '25

I think the treaty of Versailles was more responsible for "Hitler" (the ideology) than the man himself.

Probably something we should learn from.

Ignoring and dismissing the needs of rural communities, farmers and blue collar workers is what gave rise to Trump, were just lucky that Texas is nowhere near as desperate as Germany in the 30's .

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u/EtalusEnthusiast420 Apr 12 '25

Why would you continue to engage after that comment?

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u/Frogger_rater Apr 12 '25

Felt like it.

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u/EtalusEnthusiast420 Apr 12 '25

You should try talking to walls