Right, the “acceptable” Germans did not turn their guns on the nazis because they felt they personally had nothing to fear of the nazis. As allies, their guns weren’t confiscated. Jews couldn’t have guns though... go figure. You only need to confiscate guns from people you want to dominate and fear will resist (and Hitler was outspoken about this).
Again, the Nazis didn't engage in massive gun confiscation, they actually repealed the largely unenforced Weimar Gun Laws.
And not one "Good German" ever showed up to stop the Nazis.
So the whole notion that I need to share my street with crazy people with guns because some day, the government is going to turn "bad", and we need to fight it, is just plain silly.
Here's the UGLY TRUTH about Hitler. He was a reflection of all the evil anger Germany had between 1914 and 1933. Wars, Depressions, revolutions, anarchy, and Germans happily supported an angry clown.
But then again, Americans elected Trump with a lot less provocation, so there goes our moral high ground.
But it's important to note that Hitler was never elected. He wrestled his position as chancellor in backroom contests of power.
Trump was elected for three reasons:
1. The Republican base does not trust it's seasoned leaders. They keep campaigning on an agenda that they have no intention of advancing, and the base got tired enough of it to react. The people in the TEA Party didn't just go away even though you don't hear about the TP anymore. Instead, they intentionally threw a wrench into the works by electing Trump in the primary.
2. Obama moved the Democratic Party so far left during his two terms that there was bound to be a backlash just about no matter what. For example, the effects of Obamacare were well felt by the end of his 2nd term—middle America went from having health insurance premiums of maybe $200-$300 a month with a $250 deductible to premiums of $1200 a month with a $5000 deductible in just a few years. And despite the constant narrative by the left of calling Trump a fascist, Obamacare—by the very definition of the word "fascist"—is possibly the most fascist program ever instituted in America. And again despite the narrative, fascism always springs up from the left, not the right. It's one step short of socialism—government controlling private industry rather than taking it over completely. Not to talk too much about one program—the point is that the Democrats moved way far left during Obama's terms to the point that a candidate in 2016 who is a self-described socialist made a strong run at the nomination (and who knows how far he would have gotten if the DNC wasn't so corrupt?)
3. Hillary Clinton was simply a terrible candidate. Obviously corrupt, not especially charismatic, appears to have health issues—about the only things she had going for her were name recognition, the corrupt DNC sticking their thumb on the scale for her, and the built-in votes of idiots who would vote for any woman just to participate in electing the first woman POTUS. AND, she kept getting pulled left by Bernie Sanders. That endears you to the college kids who don't know any better, but it alienates you from middle America. And as much as it may gall people like yourself (I'm guessing—I don't know you, but just going by your posts) middle America made up of people with traditional family values still count in this country.
Electing Trump had nothing to do with the leftist narrative of racism or xenophobia. Best I can tell from FBI stats, there are around 100,000 white supremacists in a country of 320 million. That wasn't the difference in the election.
Did Trump harp on illegal immigration? Absolutely. But leftists to whom racism is always the knee jerk answer to every question miss the real significance of that play. To the average middle American things like "sanctuary cities" aren't just a bad thing, they are absurd. The very idea of allowing people who are breaking the law just to be here—and often guilty of other crimes as well—to wander around free and escape law enforcement is maddeningly stupid. There's a lot of liberalism that is maddeningly stupid to middle America, btw, which is my ultimate point. Refusing to enforce federal immigration law is one of those things.
And finally, Trump's election was not an anomaly. By the time Trump was elected the Democrats had lost the majority of governorships, the House, and the Senate. It was just one more office following a trend. And I know the Democrats are really optimistic in the mid-terms, and they may pick up a few seats, but I don't think it will be anything like the gains they think they will see.
Too much of America simply doesn't resonate with the platform.
