The failure of right wing policy and leadership over the past eight years, especially in matters economic, is comparable to Germany's right-wing failure in World War I. It is catastrophic, undeniable, and complete. Full Story »
Posted by Gregory Kruse
This is a four-page article that lays out the comparison between our situation now and that of Germany after WWI. Talk about fascism has been co-opted by the right since the election of Obama. Nancy Pelosi has been compared to Hitler, and Obama to Madoff, but the danger of fascism has not gone away. It is good that Freeman has brought up the subject again in a serious way, continuing the watch begun during the Bush presidency. Democracy is by no means safe.
I have been an underachieving student of the World Wars and the politics surrounding them, and the one thing I am sure of is that it can all happen again. It terrifies me to think that human nature could be unbridled again, and this time with even more destructive ability. The right-wing obstructionists seem very confident that they won't be trampled.