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During Obama's presidency and now with trumps presidency many people said the US was turning into a dictatorship or becoming fascist. For the sake of this thread lets not make this about either president.
Everyone likes to say that if they had a time machine they would go back and kill Hitler when he was a baby. Well we don't have a time machine so what's the next best, reality based, solution?
When do those who oppose either fascism or dictatorships, start fighting back? And by fighting back I'm referring to public displays from citizens of dissent.
If we use historical examples of either, when would have been the appropriate time to start mobilizing an offensive against either from happening? When laws are passed that start discriminating against particular groups of people? When leaders use nationalistic language? When leaders single out groups as the cause for societies ills? When laws are broken by those at the top in government and are not punished? When personnel throughout government are replaced with a leaders "team"? When two of the above happen in a short period of time? When three, four, or more happen in a short period of time?
Was there particular points in history that historians can look back to and say that at that particular point in time, after the leader did these actions it should have been a red flag.
Or is it something that cannot be stopped once the wheels are in motion?
Is it something that can only be stopped after the fact or is that too late?
Everyone likes to say that if they had a time machine they would go back and kill Hitler when he was a baby. Well we don't have a time machine so what's the next best, reality based, solution?
When do those who oppose either fascism or dictatorships, start fighting back? And by fighting back I'm referring to public displays from citizens of dissent.
If we use historical examples of either, when would have been the appropriate time to start mobilizing an offensive against either from happening? When laws are passed that start discriminating against particular groups of people? When leaders use nationalistic language? When leaders single out groups as the cause for societies ills? When laws are broken by those at the top in government and are not punished? When personnel throughout government are replaced with a leaders "team"? When two of the above happen in a short period of time? When three, four, or more happen in a short period of time?
Was there particular points in history that historians can look back to and say that at that particular point in time, after the leader did these actions it should have been a red flag.
Or is it something that cannot be stopped once the wheels are in motion?
Is it something that can only be stopped after the fact or is that too late?