Jason Stanley: ‘It’s Not Extreme to Compare This Time in the U.S. to the Early ’30s in Nazi Germany’

GEIST Professor good morning ░░░░░░░░ recently as Tuesday night ░░░░░░░░ heard that again from ░░░░░░░░ Trump when he was ░░░░░░░░ directly about the 2020 ░░░░░░░░ He said No I ░░░░░░░░ the election rewriting the ░░░░░░░░ and perhaps planting the ░░░░░░░░ again for whatever he ░░░░░░░░ going to do if ░░░░░░░░ loses this year if ░░░░░░░░ loses in November It ░░░░░░░░ also been disturbing to ░░░░░░░░ in recent years the ░░░░░░░░ of people partly because ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump and people ░░░░░░░░ support him on podcasts ░░░░░░░░ different personalities rewriting the ░░░░░░░░ of for example the ░░░░░░░░ World War This happened ░░░░░░░░ couple of weeks ago ░░░░░░░░ an alleged historian said ░░░░░░░░ actually Churchill was the ░░░░░░░░ villain of World War ░░░░░░░░ which is to say ░░░░░░░░ we all know to ░░░░░░░░ true things we know ░░░░░░░░ a matter of gospel ░░░░░░░░ were horrific that happened ░░░░░░░░ the 20th century even ░░░░░░░░ are being rewritten by ░░░░░░░░ What is the objective ░░░░░░░░ someone does something like ░░░░░░░░ Stanley William it s ░░░░░░░░ what we re seeing ░░░░░░░░ now We re seeing ░░░░░░░░ not just in the ░░░░░░░░ States but horrifyingly we ░░░░░░░░ seeing it in Germany ░░░░░░░░ now This Alternativ fur ░░░░░░░░ runs their far right ░░░░░░░░ who is one of ░░░░░░░░ most popular parties right ░░░░░░░░ in Germany is running ░░░░░░░░ candidate is running on ░░░░░░░░ platform of saying that ░░░░░░░░ weren t all bad ░░░░░░░░ was inevitable in U ░░░░░░░░ politics because you can ░░░░░░░░ out because it s ░░░░░░░░ obvious that the kind ░░░░░░░░ politics we re seeing ░░░░░░░░ vilification of immigrants as ░░░░░░░░ as rats as somehow ░░░░░░░░ existential threat to white ░░░░░░░░ dominance the vilification of ░░░░░░░░ the book bannings these ░░░░░░░░ all reminiscent of Nazi ░░░░░░░░ in the 1930s And ░░░░░░░░ it s not extreme ░░░░░░░░ compare this time in ░░░░░░░░ United States to the ░░░░░░░░ 30s in Nazi Germany ░░░░░░░░ s well before the ░░░░░░░░ So what we re ░░░░░░░░ we see these clear ░░░░░░░░ It is inevitable that ░░░░░░░░ will go back right ░░░░░░░░ and say Oh maybe ░░░░░░░░ Nazis weren t so ░░░░░░░░ because they re employing ░░░░░░░░ Nazi tactics they re ░░░░░░░░ these Nazi tactics against ░░░░░░░░ targets of the Nazis ░░░░░░░░ our national minorities against ░░░░░░░░ principally which was a ░░░░░░░░ target of the Nazis ░░░░░░░░ well as their national ░░░░░░░░ and against LGBT people ░░░░░░░░ perspectives who are being ░░░░░░░░ as obscene and pornographic ░░░░░░░░ perspectives These are the ░░░░░░░░ of the Nazis So ░░░░░░░░ s now necessary to ░░░░░░░░ back and revise the ░░░░░░░░ and say the people ░░░░░░░░ targets and whose tactics ░░░░░░░░ now being imitated were ░░░░░░░░ so bad as you ░░░░░░░░ BRZEZINSKI The new book ░░░░░░░░ History How Fascists Rewrite ░░░░░░░░ Past to Control the ░░░░░░░░ is on sale now ░░░░░░░░ Jason Stanley thank you ░░░░░░░░ much.”