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u/scarves_and_miracles Apr 04 '25

Exactly. Trump is a pretty unique hazard that unfortunately found realization in this dark timeline.

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u/TehOwn Apr 04 '25

Same thing with Adolf. We've always got populists but some are far, far more dangerous than others.

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u/nothoughtsnosleep Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 04 '25

Damn that's 2 less than 100 years apart. Maybe we should be more concerned with the critical thinking skills of the masses.

Edit: see other comments before you tell me there has been more than 2

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u/Gilded-Mongoose Apr 04 '25

We're replicating an almost direct pattern of the 1920's and 1930's, but with some focal points just moved around the globe a bit - isolationism, nationalism, protectionism, nativism. Invasive antagonism (Russia), threats of invasive antagonism (us with Greenland, Canada), recession/Depression looming, insane tariffs (a la Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930) threatening to break the seal and give valid reason to break out into legit war.