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"Warning: Donald Trump Is Americas Slobodan Milosević" By John R. Schindler 12/27/17
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Warning: Donald Trump Is Americas Slobodan Miloević
By John R. Schindler 12/27/17
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Miloević ruined Serbia just like he ruined most of Yugoslavia, inflicting political, social, and economic wounds that show few signs of healing even now.
In truth, he never cared about Serbs, he merely wanted power.
Cynically donning the cloak of nationalism, he fooled Serbs by telling them what they wanted to hear:
I will protect you. I will defend Serbdom.
I will restore prosperity. None of it was true.
His plan to Make Serbia Great Again was nothing but a charade.
Once he achieved power, Miloević really didnt know what to do; he was better at fiery rhetoric than reality.
As a result, Miloević improvised crisis after crisis and left behind a broken and impoverished Serbia, smaller and weaker than it was before the First World War.
By the time Serbs figured out they had been conned, it was too late; the country was already wrecked, and Miloević managed to hold on until the fall of 2000, thanks to his control of the media and the police, enriching his family and his hangers-on every step of the way.
That he was eventually extradited to The Hague to face justice seems inadequate compared to the devastation which Slobodan Miloević left in his wake.
You can understand the remarkable rise of Donald Trump in 2015-16 by simply exchanging Serbian nationalism for white nationalism: the parallels are eerie and disturbing. ...
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"Warning: Donald Trump Is Americas Slobodan Milosević" By John R. Schindler 12/27/17 (Original Post)
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Dec 2017
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SpankMe
(2,957 posts)2. Interesting, but...
While Milosevic pushed all the same buttons Trump is pushing, Milosevic was appealing to a clear Serb majority within former Yugoslavia. Here in the US, Trump directly appeals to a bottom-feeding 30% or so. I'm convinced that the main reason Trump took to national election is that too many Trump non-supporters didn't vote, mostly due to apathy.
If we can get turnout in '18 and then in '20, we can turn the tide on this mess.
Doodley
(9,048 posts)4. Yes, we must remain optimistic that Trump is reduced to being a disgusting blip in our history.
world wide wally
(21,739 posts)3. Most accurate analogy I've seen yet.
marble falls
(57,013 posts)5. At most he's only a massacre away.
Good article.
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)7. Of late I think about the end of,
Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife.
Somebody should enlighten our dear leader of the consequences of eating chocolate cake!