The Nazi term Gleichschaltung (…), meaning “synchronization” or “bringing into line”, was the process of Nazification by which Adolf Hitler - - leader of the Nazi Party in Germany - - established a system of totalitarian control and coordination over all aspects of German society “from the economy and trade associations to the media, culture and education”.
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done in USA as well ?
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I would argue this is what the Trump administration is doing right now
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Purging Trump opposition from all government agencoes agencies, even the FBI
There are many parallels . The most alarming in my eyes is what is reminding me of what happened before and after the passage of the Enabling Act of 1933. What it effectually did was to concentrate power into the hands of the executive, circumventing the legislature to enact laws even if they are explicitly unconstitutional. The far right’s Unitary Executive Theory has basically the same stated goal. And the judiciary has already basically embodied this theory with the SC decision around presidential immunity. I fear it is only a matter of time, until the Executive Orders override laws and can’t be challenged until it’s too late. Which is why an actually resisting opposition and organizing on the ground is so important.
To your point: Before the vote the Nazis intimidated anyone opposing the law and arrested basically the whole of the Communist Party and some of the Social Democartic Party (SPD) while striking deals with the center and religious right, who wanted some assurances for their own if they vote for it. This is the Gleichschaltung you’re talking about. And the Trump administration has been known for nothing but intimidation (the complete media landscape has heeled except for a few small actually independent outlets) and so-called deals, so absolutely.
Also the ‘flooding of the zone’ as Steve Bannon announced it, as well as the use of catastrophies (fires, plane crashes) to assign further blame to the opponents and legitimize the own actions are straight out of Autocracy 101.
We often forget to mention how the free press and opposition were the first who got dismantled in the Third Reich. What followed were unions, people with disabilities, queer people and then other minorities at last. Many of them hoped that despite everything that’s happening around them and threats from Hitler to go further, they would be spared. Surely he wouldn’t go that far… and when he did there was nobody left to help them. Anyone who could’ve had any say in anything to stop the next step got liquidated before the Nazis could make their next move deeper into fascism and total control of the population.
Although deleted at Lemmy(dot)world, the original post was not deleted on other instances like in here :
https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/21462803i saw your post in the politics community and knew it will be deleted because it does not follow the rules especially :
Their # 1 rule : Post only links to articles (…)… this is why i rebuilt your post in here and gave you credit in the header
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Please disregard the contents in here since, after discussion, it was saved and reposted elsewhere.
your comment was great :
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There are many parallels . The most alarming in my eyes is what is reminding me of what happened before and after the passage of the Enabling Act of 1933. What it effectually did was to concentrate power into the hands of the executive, circumventing the legislature to enact laws even if they are explicitly unconstitutional. The far right’s Unitary Executive Theory has basically the same stated goal. And the judiciary has already basically embodied this theory with the SC decision around presidential immunity. I fear it is only a matter of time, until the Executive Orders override laws and can’t be challenged until it’s too late. Which is why an actually resisting opposition and organizing on the ground is so important.To your point: Before the vote the Nazis intimidated anyone opposing the law and arrested basically the whole of the Communist Party and some of the Social Democartic Party (SPD) while striking deals with the center and religious right, who wanted some assurances for their own if they vote for it. This is the Gleichschaltung you’re talking about. And the Trump administration has been known for nothing but intimidation (the complete media landscape has heeled except for a few small actually independent outlets) and so-called deals, so absolutely.
Also the ‘flooding of the zone’ as Steve Bannon announced it, as well as the use of catastrophies (fires, plane crashes) to assign further blame to the opponents and legitimize the own actions are straight out of Autocracy 101.
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1- your comment was deleted because the post was deleted first.2- Tell me if you want me to remove this copy of your comment.
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Well thank you kindly. Would it be better for me to repost it directly in the new post?
Yes, it might be better to repost … especially since this community here (that is Wikipedia community in Lemmy) doesn’t have a large following … yet, in the other community you will post to, you have to be sure to follow the rules 😁
Edit : whoops I mixed you with someone else.Yes I think you should repose your comment in entirety : just copy and paste it … this way people can reply to you directly.
Alright. Thanks for the save & copy. I think we can now remove this comment thread.
You are very welcomed. My reward is in the satisfaction of preserving your voice, which I find very valuable, and in elevating the voice of the original poster of this entire post.
Now, about the removal of a comment thread : i believe it is not possible here in Lemmy. Nevertheless, since this thread is not upvoted and since your reposted comment is highly upvoted, we achieved the same result as if the thread was removed 👍 !
P.S. : i modified the root comment of the thread to reflect our intent of removal.
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What on earth are you talking about? This is clearly in reference to the current trump administration in the U.S. it’s being talked about constantly, or do you have your head in the sand?
