It can be something as severe as a swastika or “merely” J. D. Vance making a Nazi salute.
That is, of course, after what Musk did…
(If some have already done it, do let me know, I’m not American. I’d still keep the question on: “How long until Trump and his closest in power start using it…”
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It can be something as severe as a swastika or “merely” J. D. Vance making a Nazi salute.
That is, of course, after what Musk did…
(If some have already done it, do let me know, I’m not American. I’d still keep the question on: “How long until Trump and his closest in power start using it…”
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You know, the more I think about it, the more I am convinced that Elon Musk’s lifelong obsession with the letter X is because it looks like a swastika without the small arms on the outside.
So the dude has essentially been putting swastikas all over everything he touches for decades, from X dot com to the X Prize to the Model X to changing Twitter to X to naming his kid X.
He named his kid a swastika. Good grief.
I mean, is the question like Trump retweeting something with Nazi symbolism or something more?
I expect Tramp to start playing dress up in some kind of custom made uniform. Not sure what style they’ll pick. I say go full Egyptian pharaoh.
From the moment we’ve normalized the current symbolism they use. That’s when they, in true populist sense, push the envelope. It’s really that simple: Push, push, and then realize: “Oh, shit. We might be a bit more radical than we were supposed to be.” That’s pretty much what could occur if populism runs its course.
A few years ago the organizers of CPAC were accused of using a stage design that resembled an upside down odal rune. It may or may not have been intentional.
Roughly 8 or 9 years ago. He tweeted Nazi symbols on a regular basis during his campaign.
They won’t
They arent actually directly nazis. They are a separate type of authoritarian fascist government that is comparable but not exactly the same. There has been some symbolism like that, as you say the Musk salute, but I doubt they will go fully into that ever. They’ve got their own original stuff.
I mean, Musk is in the administration and did that at the official inauguration party. Bannon, arguably the most prominent ideological mastermind behind MAGA, did it at a CPAC. So, it’s already done.
Also, Trump has paraphrased Hitler many times with stuff like vermin, poisoning the blood, etc.
Soon
https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/joe-bidens-this-is-not-normal-speech
They already are.
I think it’s a serious disservice to political conversation to constantly paint the assumption that fascism can’t occur without being tied specifically to “Nazis”
I kinda doubt it.
Doesn’t mean the economy won’t crash tho
They … already have… Elon.
Too late.
Most people have never met real notsees. I want to make a longer post about this but, I grew up in a white trash town in the mountains of southern California. I knew guys with swastickers, bolts, symbolic numbers and crosses tattooed on them. They ALL denied that they were notsees. Most of them did actually get their tattoos in prison, mostly in chino or susanville and they said they “had” to do it. But looking back, they were all lying, they could have gotten them covered or removed. There was a guy who lived across the street, we called him notsee Jim. When I was 14 he told me he wished he never got it and wanted to remove the swasticker in the middle of his chest, then proceeded to get different tattoos instead. One day I asked him what the old English font “1988” sticker on the back of his car meant. He said it was the year his son was born. It was actually 14 88. Look it up. Later in life, I met a dude with a tattoo of a racist cartoon depicting a black child eating watermelon. We were doing a performance for rock band (long story) and while changing into costume a black dude noticed the tattoo, asked him and he said it was a lost bet only to admit to me later that he was just saying that to keep the n**** calm (i had to be restrained from stomping him out). All this to say: the denial and claims of trolling are just a front. He was a racist from the beginning, he’s a racist now, he knows exactly what he’s doing.
Love these threads. Funny stuff.
Never. People just don’t like being the Nazi.
If you tell people all about authoritarianism, Ultra-nationalism, they’re going to be huge support for it. If you’ve watched The Boys they’re right about this thing people don’t like the word “nazi” otherwise there is a huge support for it.
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When people find a way to twist reality enough to make this thought their trust.
Uh, they already use the salut
They already have with the eagle symbol. Of course I can’t recall it now.
And definitely the Nazi reference the felon posted on his cult platform.
FFS he wasn’t doing a Nazi salute… you can find photos of politicians all over the world with their arms extended out like that, people speak with their body language and it happens all the time.
I’m so over the “conservatives are all nazi’s!” Bs. Hitler expanded the government, Trump is downsizing it.
All this does is stoke further hysteria to people already in fear thanks to the media.
Remember, the Nazis were influenced by Jim Crow America. We were their blueprint.
They like doing Nazi stuff but the Nazi brand is stinky even to MAGA.
They aren’t Nazis. Elon Musk might be, neo nazi that is. But Trump and his administration aren’t Nazis. Nazi was a political party and these are a different type of fascist. DEFINITELY fascist, but not Nazis. Well, except for Elon Musk and Steve Bannon.
Aren’t they already doing Nazi stuff?
You could literally just ask one of them to wave, flash a bunch of pictures, and whichever one looks like a Nazi salute can be a meme you choose to show them giving a Nazi salute.
I’m sure people would believe it
They won’t use blatant symbols, but they’ve been using recycled slogans ans speeches since 2017 at least. One of the republicans was quoting Gobbels this week in congress, in a positive way.