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Is this feeling what the Jews felt in Germany???
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:12 am
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:12 am
I'm not comparing our situation with what the Jews went through in Germany in the late '30's. I'm suggesting there's a similarity in the feeling of helplessness.
The best analogy I can come up with, for our current state of affairs, is a sculptor slowly chipping away at a block of granite. Nothing big has happened that would cause national outrage, but our rights and freedoms are being slowly dispatched. Actually I think many "Big" things have happened, they are just being propoganded away.
The folks on Jan 6 were trying to take action, and they are being systematically prosecuted. Which I'm sure is their intent...to send a message.
I want this shite to end, but I feel completely helpless. Like I'm just a bystander watching all this shite go down. I know the short answer to how best can I help is "Vote", but I think this is bigger than that. It feels like this has passed the tipping point where an elected official could intervene. It feels like this requires a complete overhaul.
This has turned into a clown world where an semblance of common sense has gone out the window.
I'm not afraid to take action, I simply don't know what action to take.
The best analogy I can come up with, for our current state of affairs, is a sculptor slowly chipping away at a block of granite. Nothing big has happened that would cause national outrage, but our rights and freedoms are being slowly dispatched. Actually I think many "Big" things have happened, they are just being propoganded away.
The folks on Jan 6 were trying to take action, and they are being systematically prosecuted. Which I'm sure is their intent...to send a message.
I want this shite to end, but I feel completely helpless. Like I'm just a bystander watching all this shite go down. I know the short answer to how best can I help is "Vote", but I think this is bigger than that. It feels like this has passed the tipping point where an elected official could intervene. It feels like this requires a complete overhaul.
This has turned into a clown world where an semblance of common sense has gone out the window.
I'm not afraid to take action, I simply don't know what action to take.
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Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:14 am to geauxkoo
I agree with your analogy.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:15 am to geauxkoo
quote:You must live in your own...
Is this feeling what the Jews felt in Germany???
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clown world
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:15 am to geauxkoo
The way they are labeling people deplorables, terrorists, etc absolutely is the same. It’s a tactic
This post was edited on 7/12/22 at 7:16 am
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:16 am to geauxkoo
It’s going to get a lot worse
The freedom you had to make this post is on life support
The freedom you had to make this post is on life support
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:17 am to geauxkoo
Agree!
Voting didn't help in 2020. I am curious why people think it is the answer in 2024.
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know the short answer to how best can I help is "Vote"
Voting didn't help in 2020. I am curious why people think it is the answer in 2024.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:22 am to geauxkoo
Americans have guns. Isn't that what I always hear on here? That citizens having guns prevents a corrupt and tyrannical government from happening and citizens can hold the government accountable? If you feel helpless take your gun to Washington DC.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:22 am to geauxkoo
You make good points. However, the Jews/Nazi analogy obviously includes racial oppression of a minority group, so it doesn’t really apply here.
Mao’s China and the Red revolution is more apt, or really any communist revolution. Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, Franco’s Spain..: it’s basically the same script.
Correction: In saying “Franco’s Spain” I implied Franco was communist. That’s wrong, he was a brutal anti-communist. Nevertheless, Spain devolved into civil war over communism, which was the point that makes it a cautionary tale for us.
Mao’s China and the Red revolution is more apt, or really any communist revolution. Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, Franco’s Spain..: it’s basically the same script.
Correction: In saying “Franco’s Spain” I implied Franco was communist. That’s wrong, he was a brutal anti-communist. Nevertheless, Spain devolved into civil war over communism, which was the point that makes it a cautionary tale for us.
This post was edited on 7/12/22 at 7:46 am
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:26 am to ronricks
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Americans have guns. Isn't that what I always hear on here? That citizens having guns prevents a corrupt and tyrannical government from happening and citizens can hold the government accountable? If you feel helpless take your gun to Washington DC.
Don’t be so flippant about such things. The U.S.A. is no Sri Lanka, but it could happen, and oh what a terrible, world altering event it would be.
It’s still possible and even likely that we correct our course before such a catastrophe would take place, with God’s help.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:29 am to geauxkoo
quote:
Is this feeling what the Jews felt in Germany???
Posted by geauxkoo
I'm not comparing our situation with what the Jews went through in Germany in the late '30's
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:30 am to geauxkoo
Tyrants take over by mocking dissenters.
I have no idea what Jews must have felt like in the 30s.
That said, I do feel uneasy about our liberties. The difference is, where the Germans had Hitler - the tyrants here are amorphous, faceless, uniformless bureaucrats and tech workers whose names we do not know. I find that scary. Not sure if they go violent - but they sure can spread around some misery.
I have no idea what Jews must have felt like in the 30s.
That said, I do feel uneasy about our liberties. The difference is, where the Germans had Hitler - the tyrants here are amorphous, faceless, uniformless bureaucrats and tech workers whose names we do not know. I find that scary. Not sure if they go violent - but they sure can spread around some misery.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:30 am to geauxkoo
What the Jews went though is far worse.
However, the tactics put forth by authoritarian regimes are generally the same.
1. Demonize
2. Ostracize
3. Victimize
4. Euthanize
Step 1 has been implemented.
Step 2 has been implemented for some...
- For instance, those that had the jab or job scenario
Step 3 are wrongful “prosecutions” (persecutions)
The Soros DA’s , purges in government agencies, and the lack of due process for those “detained” in DC are examples of this.
Let’s hope we never get to step 4.
However, the tactics put forth by authoritarian regimes are generally the same.
1. Demonize
2. Ostracize
3. Victimize
4. Euthanize
Step 1 has been implemented.
Step 2 has been implemented for some...
- For instance, those that had the jab or job scenario
Step 3 are wrongful “prosecutions” (persecutions)
The Soros DA’s , purges in government agencies, and the lack of due process for those “detained” in DC are examples of this.
Let’s hope we never get to step 4.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:32 am to jimmy the leg
At the end we will get a chance to die with our boots on, so a little different
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:34 am to geauxkoo
I submit that if you're asking the question that your premise is already validated.
Agreed. It is far bigger than voting. That is not debatable in my view.
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I know the short answer to how best can I help is "Vote", but I think this is bigger than that.
Agreed. It is far bigger than voting. That is not debatable in my view.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:36 am to jimmy the leg
Luckily for us the libs all took the jab and will have their lives shortened and die soon.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:40 am to geauxkoo
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there's a similarity in the feeling of helplessness.
Never.
Jews became the words most popular victim, I have no desire for victimhood.
Regardless of what they do, frick em. I'll be fine.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:43 am to geauxkoo
Talk to any small business owner from Venezuela who was forced to flee their country many years ago before shite really hit the fan. When I speak with them, that’s the feeling I get in today/tomorrow’s America.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:44 am to jimmy the leg
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What the Jews went though is far worse.
True. But they also could've fled Germany to more freedom loving countries. There is no longer anywhere else to go in our time. We have to fight it here.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:45 am to ronricks
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Americans have guns. Isn't that what I always hear on here? That citizens having guns prevents a corrupt and tyrannical government from happening and citizens can hold the government accountable? If you feel helpless take your gun to Washington DC.
Someday this will happen. It's almost inevitable at this point, but the two more intriguing thing about such an even will be 1) What will be the final spark to set it off? and 2) When the United States Government turn it's military (Or what's left of it when those who honor their Oath to the country refuse unlawful orders to attack American citizens) What country will join the fight against the tyrannical government that's murdering its own people like the United States has done so many times in the past in other countries? The answer is not none, incase you were wondering. It's an interesting and dangerous proposition.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:45 am to geauxkoo
They tried to do the same with unvaccinated by attempting to segregate them from participating in the economy and working and society
Absolutely shameful
Absolutely shameful
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