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GetRidOfThem

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12. I could not sleep last night...

Reply to BlueJac (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 10, 2019, 12:47 PM

Jan 2019

I was so worried about Agent Orange and what might happen next.

If this is at all a consoling point:

The Weimar Republic was a weak structure from the beginning, and Germany had no experience with democracy, nor was it ingrained in the culture. We have had over 200 years experience here. Though things look bleak, and we are going through a very tough time, and I am losing sleep over this, we are not in the same condition as my country of origin was in the 1920s in the aftermath of WW1.

We may need to put in place some constitutional amendments when this is over, get rid of the electoral college, for example, but we may not be at the end yet...

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So it turns out Trump doesn't need a Reichstag fire at all. [View all] thucythucy Jan 2019 OP

Selective Populism via TV and social media. Thomas Hurt Jan 2019 #1

He takes more power than is given... kentuck Jan 2019 #2

And Mitch McConnell is now "missing in action." thucythucy Jan 2019 #4

Mitch isn't MIA. He's actively aiding Don Feuhrer. KPN Jan 2019 #5

I'm afraid you're right about this. thucythucy Jan 2019 #9

Absolutely! He's coaching William Barr on how to evade the Dems' request for meetings Texin Jan 2019 #11

It's a toss up as to which "Deplorable" I despise more: Trump or McConnell. maddiemom Jan 2019 #16

It is a toss up isn't it? I say castrate them both. KPN Jan 2019 #19

Very uncomfortable times! BlueJac Jan 2019 #3

I could not sleep last night... GetRidOfThem Jan 2019 #12

Agent Orange is a good name for him pandr32 Jan 2019 #15

that's Russian Agent Orange Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #28

You're probably right. thucythucy Jan 2019 #24

The additional destabilization today is rightwing propaganda media and facebook sharedvalues Jan 2019 #27

I just hope bdamomma Jan 2019 #6

You are not alone. KPN Jan 2019 #7

Thank you. thucythucy Jan 2019 #8

Same to you and all of us. KPN Jan 2019 #10

but the tRumpers have the guns... PeeJ52 Jan 2019 #14

Interesting, that. Police unions, and social welfare for the military. erronis Jan 2019 #20

I agree... PeeJ52 Jan 2019 #13

The very reason that I can't see the 2016 election declared null and void. maddiemom Jan 2019 #18

Germany had only a decade or so of experience as a Republic; we have 240 years. malchickiwick Jan 2019 #17

I agree thucythucy Jan 2019 #21

Who took Hitler to Court after the Reichstag fire? brooklynite Jan 2019 #22

It's not so much that the situations are comparable, thucythucy Jan 2019 #26

The Wall fight won't give the president the power to "wrestle absolute control of the government." Nitram Jan 2019 #23

The latest on CNN is that he wants to take money from disaster relief thucythucy Jan 2019 #25

That's right. To support his new idea that the border "situation" is a "disaster", he's planning to Nitram Jan 2019 #29

Once he get's a taste of real absolute power... 1democracy Jan 2019 #30

P.S. How long would it have taken Germany itself to disempower Hitler 1democracy Jan 2019 #31