The causes of inflation after a pandemic? This is a well documented phenomenon of the Black plague and the Spanish flu.
The conquering of Iraq leading to 20 years of grief. Everyone saw that one coming.
Parallels to the fall of Rome or the Weimar Republic to our current situation? All too clear.
While the current administration is running with Hitler's playbook that led to the rise of Nazi Germany, there are some major differences.
The Weimar Republic was only 14 years old when Hitler was elected. First it was a young republic. It was severely damaged by war, plague, and economic collapse. With few institutions that could stand in the way of fascism.
The US on the other hand has institutions that are older than the country, like Harvard. The fascists currently in the federal government were hoping for the a win by blitzkrieg. And just like the Germans found out, you need a strong base to operate from. Germany had built up the largest industrial base in Europe. However, it was not larger than the Commonwealth, by a significant amount. Add the Russians, which had a smaller economic base, but were really, really good, or ruthless, take you pick, at optimizing what they needed to produce war materials, and let everything else be damned.
As a side note, they could do that because the US sent them enough food to feed the country for 3 years, and 425,000 trucks so the Soviets could focus exclusively on tank production.
In the US, resistance is building up. The non voters in the last election are seeing that their lack of a decision, was a decision. Some of the more moderate fanatics that voted for the pedophile-protector-in-chief have been discouraged.
The resistance is basically taking it's cue's from Martin Luther King. Peaceful protests. Maintain engagement. Show them our numbers and we are not going away. Most of all, play this game BY THE RULES. Why? Morally, it is because we are better than them. Practically, because we know we are going to win.
There's no throne, there is no version of this where this administration comes out on top... Either by impeachment, or death, or forced retirement, that sick and evil man will be gone. And the without his vile presence, his government enabler's power will fade.
Their side is not playing by the rules. Constantly breaking every one. With the full consent of the republican controlled congress. Who are placing party before country, and are seeing the deal they made with the devil for what it is, but most cannot force themselves to admit it.
So they will continue to break the rules. ICE has killed 33 that we know of in the last year. ICE murdered Keith Porter, an American Citizen, on New Years Eve. But that didn't seem to be visible enough, so the assassinated a white woman in a suburban setting, in broad daylight, videoed from 4 different angles. Then followed up by assassinating a VA nurse. While he was on the ground, held by man agents.
Their murderers are still at large.
As far as we know, ICE is responsible for the deaths of 99 people since the pedophile in the oval office took charge.
To be clear, this was just to provoke a response. They are now waiting for the next traffic stop by ICE to be met with deadly force. Or the next time ICE goes to knock a door down, and are greeted with a dozen bullets through the door. This to give them an excuse to lock the country down. At this point, it is going to happen.
They think they want this to go violent. But they really don't. Members of ICE need to understand, that we are still playing by the rules. We are playing nice. What happens when the "Blue" states mobilize their national guard to disarm ICE. Who are you going to bet on? Experienced combat veterans, armed with tanks and other armored fighting vehicles? Organized to fight in combat? Or a pack of ICE agents trained only in intimidation? 12,000 out of 22,000 having only received their ill fitting Kevlar vests in the last 4 months?
And what about the "Red" state national guard? Surely they would... No. Texas is not going to ship their boys to Illinois for a ground war. Because, at best, that is a one on one situation. But Illinois will also have a very well armed citizenry. Guns are not the exclusive prerogative of southern states. And the "Blue" states are not going to invade the south, again.
I have been to a number of protests, and by the honking of the horns, I am estimating that the true supporters of the most corrupt administration ever in our country, is about 1 in 16.
ICE will murder more people before this is done. But they are not going to win.
