Echoes of Hitler

Trump's Angriest Speech

Yes, I'm back on the Hitler thing again. But, this time, Hitler is not a stand in. I'm actually talking about the little guy with the weird mustache. And no, I'm not about to declare the Yet in Trump is Not Hitler, Yet. I'm not sounding the alarm. But Trump's last speech was disturbing in a way that needs to be pointed out.

It was billed as Trump's most angriest speech yet, which almost sounded like a joke. I mean come on, how could he get any angrier. As a matter of fact, it really was. The anger was understandable. His chances for President are collapsing, and now he's facing 10 allegations of sexual assault and harassment. He's having a tough time. I understand. I have no empathy or sympathy, but I can understand. However, where his anger went started to echo Hitler. (No, this is not a metaphor.)

First some history. As you probably all ready know, Hitler was a war hero of World War I and was fanatically patriotic to Germany^[1]. Him and a lot of soldiers like him were devastated by Germany's loss, especially up until then they had been told, and believed, Germany was winning. They needed an answer, and it came in the form of a conspiracy theory, the Stab-in-the Back myth. The myth blamed Germany's defeat on domestic elements or what became known as the "November Criminals" (politicians, communists, and others including, of course, Jews). As is no surprise, Hitler became a staunch proponent of the Stab-in-the-Back myth.

With Hitler's rise in politics, the writing of Mein Kampf , and later speeches, the idea that Germany was being undermined by 'secret forces' formed. Included were international elements, what he called Internationalism. He referred to these in his speeches as 'international Stock Exchange', 'international supra-State Finance', and most famously the 'international clique'^[2].

So, you can see why I felt a chill up my spine when I heard this.^[3]

“Hillary Clinton meets in secret with international banks to plot the destruction of US sovereignty in order to enrich these global financial powers, her special interest friends, and her donors.”

and this

“This election will determine whether we’re a free nation, or whether we have only an illusion democracy but in are in fact controlled by a small handful of special global interests rigging the system, and our system is rigged.”

Again, I'm not banging the alarm bells. This is still not the Yet. However, as I keep reminding you, Trump is a meteor that could destroy civilization. Even if it only has a 1% chance to hit, that's enough reason to keep your telescopes pointed at the sky.