I hope you will like them and learn+benefit from them. Due to the pure volume, they are a long read indeed. But if you’re interested in history, they should be interesting and worth the effort. And since you seem interested in this part of history, there are a couple of other books that should be interesting, namely the following, for history revision (holocaust denial) contexts:
Christopher R. Browning: The Origins of the Final Solution: The Evolution of Nazi Jewish Policy, September 1939-March 1942 - documenting how the Nazis’ racial policies evolved from persecution and “ethnic cleansing” to the Final Solution of the Holocaust. What sets this book apart from other works I’ve read on the Holocaust, is that this book can seem almost “clinical” in its description of the nazi policies and their evolution, as there is very little description of the difficult and desperate situation the jews were in.
All the books you ( @Get_off_my_lawn ) mentioned except the last one appear available to me in one form or another from my local library or its online sources. Some are available only as audio books, but there’s an ebook “Summary of the Coming of the Third Right” that’s probably a good place to start. I have read some books about Hitler and WWII, but it’s been awhile and I can’t remember any titles or authors. Thanks, I’m always open to book suggestions .
Meanwhile, switching topic to the $60 a pop “USA Bible” scam that Omango-Tan is now pulling … someone over at Faecesbook has informed me it’s a double scam.
Not only is this yet another explicit grift on Cheetolini’s part, but it’s a means of enabling right wing churches to funnel money to him while sneaking the transactions under the radar of prohibitions against political donations by churches.
Christian Nationalists get their Anointed One in the White House, and Mushroom Dick lines his pockets. It’s de facto money laundering.
Trump has spent the last four years ginning up his base that if he doesn’t win then the election has been stolen AGAIN. They, the para military militias that support Trump are ready to make Trump president and by Trumps own promise dictator. I would bet that their will be a gun fight after the election. Whether the coup is successful depends on who the armed forces support. Good Luck democracy.
From all that I’ve read, in January 2021 the military was firmly on the side of the Constitution and not Trump (who was still president until the 20th). Milley (the chairman of the joint chiefs) made that very clear.
If Trump loses again, the situation will be different as he won’t be president right after the election and thus not able to order the military to do anything.
If the rag-tag redneck militias try anything, the army will quickly put it down.
I don’t understand how this answers or has any bearing on what you quoted me as saying?!
I still firmly believe that you’d do better, in society in general, not just the US, if you try better to understand the complaints of others and find middle grounds.
If they have gebuine concerns, they ought to be listened to, make approaches to solve those issues fairly and thus avoid having people like Trump able to galvanise them.
I don’t think it’s that simple. In the U.S. there is a burgeoning robber baron class that, along with corporations, don’t want to be equitably taxed. They tend to be pro-trump because he provides them tax breaks. Many of them couldn’t give two shits about, or are dead set against, other policies that they perceive will lower their bank balance but might help those with less.
Then there is a now overt batch of folks whose xenophobia, misogyny, and prejudice are being fed by tfg. It’s like candy. They are promised the good old days (when only white men ruled things).
Additionally, there are the dreaded xtian nationalists who want nothing more than an even stronger foothold than they already have. Both the Republican Party and maga put this on a silver platter and offer it to them.
And there is a growing category of folks who were horribly educated, or who haven’t adequate intelligence to discern that they are being sold a bill of goods by tfg and they believe him.
Middle ground? While that sounds equitable and laudable, sometimes it isn’t possible. For example, going back to 165 years ago, what would have been the “middle ground” for the issue of slavery? Or going back 70 years, what would have been the middle ground for segregation?
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I don’t understand how this answers or has any bearing on what you quoted me as saying?![/quote]
@Randomhero1982 you seem to be looking at american politics as though votes matter. They do, of course, from the perspective that the person with the most votes wins and the person with the fewest vote loses. Key to this system is that the loser acknowledges their defeat. This tenet is no longer in play. Trump has never acknowledged he has lost despite courts in various states ruling that the elections were fair and that Trump lost. Trump isn’t the only one, Kerry Lake has never conceded that she lost the governors race in Arizona. She recently admitted that she had no evidence that the election was rigged against her but she still won’t acknowledge her loss. No doubt if she loses the senate race she will insist she won. My point is that democracy only works when everyone plays by the rules. Sadly America has a cohort of millions of people who aren’t willing to play by the rules. Many of them xmilitary and police. As well america is a warrior nation that glorifies war as a legitimate means to an end. So get the vote out and hope that Biden wins by a large enough margin that some of those millions that were hoping for Trump to become dictator will concede. If the Army supports the winner democracy may be bruised but survive. But if I were a betting person I would be getting ready for a gun fight.
I still firmly believe that you’d do better, in society in general, not just the US, if you try better to understand the complaints of others and find middle grounds.
That’s not always true in the case of U.S. presidential elections. It’s entirely possible for someone to get more votes than their opponent and still lose. Just ask Hillary Clinton. We have this archaic institution called the Electoral College that actually decides presidential races.
When I was a child I pointed out this was possible and the teachers/adults assured me it would never happen. Not only has it happened 2x since then; I learned later that it has happened a few times before I was born.
In a court filing on Thursday, Ms. James noted that Knight was not registered to issue appeal bonds in New York, and so she demanded that the company or Mr. Trump’s lawyers file paperwork to “justify” the bond within 10 days. Ms. James is seeking to clarify whether Knight, which had never posted a similar court bond before aiding Mr. Trump, is financially capable of fulfilling its obligation to pay the $175 million if Mr. Trump defaults.
They released a statement they do not have to be registered in New York as their business is based out of State…LOL
It was shot down within minutes and Trumps mate who owns both the companies attempting to issue this bond could be in big trouble with the regulators and unless they come up with some quick legalities may even be facing fraud charges similar to those Trump has already been convicted!
This whole Trump shitshow is like watching a dozen clowns trying to stuff themselves into a Volkswagen. It would be funny if the stakes weren’t so dire.
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