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In reply to the discussion: Americans no longer have to guess how the Germans "allowed" H and Nazis [View all]Eyeball_Kid
(7,430 posts)Werner is spot on. We're watching our own destruction as it happens. We've lost the importance of the Rule of Law and the Constitution, for sure. And all of it was just waiting to happen. The consciousness of the nation has grown fat and lazy, and we've developed a vulnerability for fascism to overtake us. And that's exactly what's happening.
And yes, the GOP has lost its moorings, lost its own sense of purpose beyond that of power and money. They are, indeed, the "good Germans" of 2017, failing in their moral obligation to protect and defend the Constitution.
The GOP's excuse is that they are "Christians" who are ruled by the Bible. But that's an excuse that divides us, just as there were "good Germans" who also were Christians, but who shared in the myth that Jews were expendable. The issue here is the civil contract as expressed in the Constitution.