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KimberlyN's avatar

Thank you for writing this essay. Sometimes it seems as if very few people will allow themselves to see what’s right in front of them. We are in a dangerous place.

On the Canadian side, the demagoguery of Poilievre is also dangerous. He too could win power in the next election, and I’m not confident he wouldn’t abuse his power in similar authoritarian ways.

Dangerous times await us, and it’s important we don’t acquiesce.

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Ed Seymour's avatar

The rise of Donald Trump, in many respects bears remarkable similarities to the rise of Nazism in Germany. I do not record these events in the order they occurred by all have been repeated by Trump and modern day republicans. They have enthusiastically embraced Nazi propagandist Goebbels dictum "If you tell a lie often enough and convincingly enough , people will believe it. They have separated children from the families coming across the Mexican border, without even properly documenting it, much as the Nazis did with Jews and others. They have vilified the legitimate press. They have interfered with the manner in which j justice is rendered. They have tried to overturn the results of a legitimate election. Finally, tell me what difference there is between the January 6, attack on the White House and The Night Of Broken Glass in Germany during the 1930's. There are many others. The people of Germany could not have possibly foreseen where Nazism would lead when it first appeared shortly after WW!. We do, so we have no excuse if we do not stop it.

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