The US of today -- Germany in the 1930s?
I have spoken before about the many similarities that exist between Germany in the 1930s and current day US. Today’s immigrants seem to be the equivalent of the German Jewish community back then. ICE actions strike me how the SS terrorised the Jewish community in Germany, slowly at first and then with increasing ferociousness.
I am not the only one to see the analogy with the 1930s. Ray Dalio, the billionaire founder of investment firm Bridgewater Associates, wrote in his recent book “How countries Go Broke”: “When I say that the policies President Trump is using to ‘make America great again’ are remarkably like the policies that those of the hard-right countries in the 1930s used, that should not be controversial.”
To cement the similarities, on Saturday June 14, President Trump was supposed to preside over the first military parade in the US, using a tactic that was used by Hitler himself that was central to the Nazi regime’s image-making and control strategy. At the time of writing, I have no way of knowing whether the parade has gone ahead, as God himself seemed to intervene by arranging a hurricane on the day. Trump, however, may have other ideas and strike a deal with the weather.
Loukis Skaliotis - Cyprus Mail.