So I keep seeing people compare this to the Reichstag Fire, as a means of Trump attaining Hitlerian power.
But the result is completely opposite.
Democrat officials are calling for the expulsion of several, if not every, Republican representative. Anyone who objected to the vote ratification is looking down the barrel of whatever process the Democrats invent to 'hold them accountable'.
Everyone is calling for everyone involved to be hunted down by the FBI and jailed or killed, including people who have been wanting the police defunded this whole time.
I don't think this was a false flag, Trump Supporters definitely entered the building. But it very well may have been a trap, and if not a deliberate one, then one on which they've capitalized. I'm not going to argue taking the high road for the optics, because the events of this week haven't introduced any new characterizations to the narrative, they were already saying all these things.
If this was Reichstag, it wasn't for Trump.
Seriously, nearly a full year of civil unrest with jack shit done to stop it from one side. The other has one day of uncivility, and suddenly the government goes full Nazi?
Wait... people are saying it was a Reichstag Fire for Trump?
Jesus, I was so focused on the obvious calls for retaliation and consolidation of power from the establishment goons after the fact, that I didn’t even entertain that anyone would blatantly think this was done as a last-ditch effort by Trump.
I know the programming runs deep, but man, the mental gymnastics...
Some cunning and devious spiders realized that a large swath of humanity is gullible and/or stupid enough to not be capable of grasping the lessons Hilter & the 3rd reich should have taught them. It wasn't "nazis bad" & "jews are special", it was "question your leadership" & "scapegoating is always nefarious".
Maybe the real reason history repeats itself is because there is always a high proportion of the human population that require others to tell them what their morality and stance should be for any given situation.
There’s a lesson I learned much later than I should have: Humans are inherently tribal by nature, and most need a leader (a chieftain) and a familiar group (a tribe) to function.
The church, for example, is one of the most well-known and contentious of tribes. The vapid complain of the church as solely being exploitative — Newsflash! All human-led groups are exploitative; look at government — but at least the Church keeps people honest and decent.
Without fail, when man forgets God man falls, because whatever takes God’s place inevitably leads man down a dark path.
And I say this as someone who up until pretty recently was not the biggest supporter of the church.
Just consider that SocJus is all of the dogma of the church with none of the morality, and the need for religion as a guiding force becomes clear.
....kinda went on a tangent with that one, but, y’know... people need a good group influence and a strong leader, or their actions devolve into shit.
I completely agree.
I am by no means atheist, although I would never dream to attempt to explain what the unknowable "God" might be.
I don't completely fault atheists for hating religion. Organized religion functions just like non-religious organizations and ends up being corrupted from within.
Yet, I will say something for the atheists reading this thread. There is a reason so many religions and cultures across history have some form of lesson or story on an endless cycle of death & rebirth/creation & destruction. Our societies may turn from God, but when the chips are down they will go crawling back.
The reason history repeats itself is because Leftists don't learn and keep repeating the same mistakes because "x has never been tried" Socialists, Progressives, Communists, Fascists, National Socialists, Democratic Socialists, Social Democrats, Trade Unionists, etc, etc.
The same people, do the same shit, but different labels, and claim that what they're doing hasn't been tried.
The republicans are about to be fucking Sulla'd and Lindsey Graham apparently thinks he'll be spared because he's establishment or something.
Could be he's simply old. He has his money, he isn't going to risk what little life he has left.
I think the younger members of the GOP fall neatly into three categories:
a handful of patriots struggling with the realization that we have no institutional power whatsoever
careerist politicians who will go along to get along no matter what
democrats in conservative clothing, eagerly seizing any opportunity to go against the constituents they actually hate
I don't see how all of this doesn't lead to the rise of a nationalist populist third party, and I foresee big tech and establishment government shredding the last bits of the Constitution in order to prevent that third party from rising to power.
And who suffers the most when the proscriptions begin? It's always the plebeians and the poor fucking infantry.
For that exact same reason, I think that the people who today cheer violence against "Nazis" would be, had they lived during that time, cheering on Kristallnacht.
Everyone imagines themselves as the hero; however, heroic figures are only idolized because of their incredible rarity. We can't all be right when bragging about saving the day.
When taking the time to self-reflect, I only see how pathetic I am for not having the courage to step forward and risk becoming a martyr. Not being a braggart isn't enough.
The International Trump.
Orange Check.
Honestly, I wouldn't even be surprised if I saw the left doing that.
https://archive.vn/frynf George Alexopoulos @GPrime85 7 Nov 2020
GOD DAMNIT
I'M GONNA FUCKING BUY ONE
I envy you. Regular people have been freaking out about Trump just salivating at the chance for "his own Reichstag fire" for years. Ime it's been leftists (of course) and Lincoln Project type conservatives/neoconservatives.
It was done by one communist, but it was then used by the Nazis to frame the entire KPD as being responsible. Who then in turn started to falsely claim that the Nazis themselves were actually responsible for it, because they managed to make such good use of it.
I think that it can be a false flag and still have been legitimate Trump supporters who entered the building. It's a smarter kind of false flag with unwilling participants.
Definitely looks like a set up. Wonder if there is any room for an entrapment defense? Not that the courts would here it anyway.
What idiots do you interact with? The only reichstag fire comparisons i have seen reference actions taken against Trump after the Capitol tour.
There are tens of millions of them. Take your pick.
Oh yeah, this absolutely a Reichstag moment for the Democrats.
Who is trying to purge political opponents and institute emergency powers that would rescind aspects of the constitution? Those would be the guys exploiting the Reichstag fire.
Hell, Hitler was already Chancellor after the Reichstag fire. He didn't plan on resigning after it!
it was the Reichstag Fire. or so ruled the Volksgerichtshof.
amen and awomen.
Bullshit commie word games. It's the left calling it domestic terrorism coup and seizing extra power. Pseudo-reality.
Michael Tracey coined it as:
https://archive.vn/4j6Xt Michael Tracey @mtracey 2:16 PM - 6 Jan 2021
https://archive.vn/PJxTt Rep. Jason Crow @RepJasonCrow 1:32 PM - 6 Jan 2021
Check my thread for the full power grab.
https://archive.vn/rYS9C https://kotakuinaction2.win/p/11RhKBG5kH/ Gulags and Re-rducation camps, a highly accurate prediction of Weimar America