Forum Overview :: Balance of Power :: The disturbing endurance of actual Nazi propaganda

[quote name="Mischief Maker"]I'm really bothered by the number of people, some of whom identify as lefties, who pooh-pooh any comparison between Trump's January 6th Putsch attempt and the Nazis because Trump Chuds are buffoons while the actual Nazis were hyper-efficient supermen. That's literal Nazi propaganda from back in the day. Mussolini did not actually make the trains run on time. Need I remind people that in his day Hitler was just as much the object of ridicule as Trump? That Charlie Chaplain's first talkie movie was a lampooning of Hitler complete with a food fight? [youtube id=-jj-PaqFrBc] Need I also remind people that Hitler was just as much a bitchy, vindictive, pop-culture-obsessed queen as Trump, using the power of the German state to throw shade at his more successful rivals in the painting world? [youtube id=_0Rm9uZSyvQ] And need I remind people that back in his day nobody thought Hitler would actually go <I>that far!</I> <A HREF="https://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/511928.html">https://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/511928.html</A>[/quote]