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All of the Ways the Trump Administration Looks Like Nazi Germany
49 min readOct 20, 2020
Table of Contents
- 1 — 2 Important Points About the Rise of Authoritarianism
- 1.1 — Authoritarianism Happens Like Bankruptcy: Slowly, then All at Once
- 1.2 — Agency Issues and Indirect Actions
- 2 — Rampant Xenophobia
- 2.1 — Nazi Germany
- 2.2 — Trump’s Administration
- 3 — Nationalism
- 3.1 — Nazi Germany
- 3.2 — Trump: “Make America Great Again”
- 4 — Nationalism By Political Party
- 4.1 — Nazi Germany
- 4.2 — Trump: Democrats are Trying to Ruin America
- 5 — A Policy of Racism
- 5.1 — Nazi Germany Targeted Jewish People
- 5.2 — U.S. Racism Against Minorities and Nonwhites
- 6— Concentration Camps
- 6.1 — Nazi Germany
- 6.2 — The U.S.: Threats of Political Detention and the Family Separation Policy
- 7 — The Party Murders, Imprisons, Assaults, or Intimidates People They Don’t Like
- 7.1 — Nazi Germany
- 7.2 — The U.S., Right Now