Can you spot Stephen Miller? JD Vance? Elon Musk? Donald J. Trump? harpers.org/archive/1941... - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

tribelaw.bsky.social • 2 days ago

Can you spot Stephen Miller? JD Vance? Elon Musk? Donald J. Trump?
https://harpers.org/archive/1941/08/who-goes-nazi/

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moonikins-caryl.bsky.social•2 days ago

Wow. Good read. I spotted them.

akiva631.bsky.social•2 days ago

From 1941. Also Lewis Sinclair's 1935 novel, 'It Can't Happen Here.'

So many warnings, from even so long ago. And yet so many are shocked and surprised. This is why one of the first targets of this fascist administration is education—schools, libraries, public television. Ignorance is their fuel.

abigail-b.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm sorry, but this is a bunch of anecdotal tripe.

1silvergirl.bsky.social•2 days ago

Fraternal Order of Police is there, too.

jonesy2653.bsky.social•6 hours ago

https://youtu.be/vYILYILPrXs?si=IZ3t5kYxSkYpvwUP

codycafe.bsky.social•2 days ago

Keeping family traditions alive:

My great grandfather & his sons killed nazis.

tem209.bsky.social•2 days ago

“I know lots of Jews who are born Nazis”. Looking at you, Bibi.

praire.bsky.social•2 days ago

🎯

praire.bsky.social•2 days ago

BIBI

queenief.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Do you recognize Jeremy

clfulton.bsky.social•2 days ago

I spot Stephen Miller constantly. The real obvious time was holding the Republican convention at Madison Square Garden which is where the American Bundt held their notorious rally in 1939. The video "Midnight at the Garden" captures the essence of that rally. The mixture of U.S. and Nazi flags, etc.

scalesandgates.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sadly, we have learned nothing. We have conveniently forgotten the slippery slope that leads from populism to authoritarianism, the creeping tentacles of oligarchs, the blind submission of followers who light tiki torches and spew hate speech. Resist we must, widely, loudly, relentlessly.

regalc1921.bsky.social•2 days ago

She was such a bad ass! 🤓🤩

noreen900.bsky.social•2 days ago

Excellent article!

roberto63.bsky.social•2 days ago

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docdavehawaii.bsky.social•2 days ago

The market is crashing tomorrow because of the tariffs, but the other actions that Trump and the GQP have taken to destroy our government’s ability to function and provide services will do more long term economic damage than tariffs. Turn everything from Red to Blue!

bklynsoutham.bsky.social•2 days ago

Absolutely! But the connection you're making begs the question: If "kind, good, happy, gentlemanly, secure people never go Nazi," is the same true for MAGA?

maximus-mike.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes, I would say: “kind, good, happy, gentlemanly, secure people never go MAGA.”

lucatrenta.bsky.social•2 days ago

This equally timeless:

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/

falcon269.bsky.social•2 days ago

Wow!

keithcaughran24.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thanks for sharing

snoozy.bsky.social•2 days ago

Mr B - Rubio, Hawley, Graham
Mr C - Vance, Ramaswamy, Clarence Thomas, Bannon
Mr D - Miller, Elon, Trump (and the rest of the billionaire set)

praire.bsky.social•2 days ago

🎯 bulls eye again

artact.io•2 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/vote.ninja/post/3ll3ii34io224

always4bangtan.bsky.social•2 days ago

📌

terrydespisesnazis.bsky.social•2 days ago

I see all you mention and all those in congress who are complicit. You can't support nazis and not be a nazi.

jcconnor.bsky.social•2 days ago

The wonderful Dorothy Thompson.
Thank you.

robertjordan1940.bsky.social•2 days ago

Dorothy also said that no people ever recognize their dictator in advance. Thank you, Laurence. Everybody really needs to learn from this.

chudonew.bsky.social•1 day ago

This explains a lot!

Musk has said he uses ketamine regularly, for a couple of years

What Ketamine Does to the Human Brain.

Excessive use of the drug can make anyone feel like they rule the world.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/03/ketamine-effects-elon-musk/681911/

lorlevsil.bsky.social•2 days ago

He has been fed vitamins and filled with energies that are beyond the capacity of his intellect to discipline. He has been treated to forms of education which have released him from inhibitions. His body is vigorous. His mind is childish. His soul has been almost completely neglected.

lorlevsil.bsky.social•2 days ago

Chilling

emptythis.bsky.social•2 days ago

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sbpnw.bsky.social•2 days ago

Harper’s deserves some love!

connecticut-yankee.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ahhh, I remember reading this nearly 10 years ago.

Wish I could say it was nostalgic.

Everything is worse. 🥴

rabelaisclay.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump creates a blizzard of lies to obscure reality and instills fear to stifle opposition and uses coercion and extortion to seize more power than any president should have. He is casualty upfront about the most monstrous ambitions. Democracy is often lost incrementally rather than one fell swoop.

level90.bsky.social•2 days ago

That is truly frightening as they are all there. MAGA, and Trump, was all they needed to release their worst instincts.

pete-n.bsky.social•2 days ago

The premise is good; less enamored with the execution. Why not set the party in a contemporary American context? It’s hard regardless of “setting” to bring together a representative selection (and the author tries), the poor and less educated aren’t well represented.

acmepropagandaworx.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://acmepropagandaworx.etsy.com/listing/1823265386

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ezslims.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm waiting for the Dorothy Parker article

cityofcities.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is a really interesting article. Thank you so much.

fitness-linda.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thank you for posting this.

It reminds me of the book In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson, which explores the experiences of America's Ambassador to Nazi Germany (and his adolescent daughter) during Hitler's rise to power. https://eriklarsonbooks.com/book/in-the-garden-of-beasts/#:~:text=Set%20in%20Berlin%20in%201933,rising%20terror%20of%20Hitler's%20rule.

kingfisher2025.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump administration plans to cut down national forests— latest executive order.
Wait until Joe six pack MAGA goes camping and discovers the trees are gone.

chanceofrain.bsky.social•2 days ago

@lauriewiner.bsky.social 👆

johnnyappleseed46.bsky.social•2 days ago

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fillmoreeast.bsky.social•2 days ago

That was fascinating. Thanks!

pvtowen.bsky.social•2 days ago

Amazing how today’s cabinet members are described to a T.

But come to think of it, so are president Biden and many of his cabinet members - of course as never Nazis.

How we got here will never cease to amaze me.

willis-2.bsky.social•2 days ago

Miller, Vance, and Musk are the deeply disturbed puppet masters controlling Trumps strings and strategies now.

Notice, there’s no adult supervision by his older children this time around. The current knew masters are struggling at controlling wayward Donnie and they’re sure as hell..no upgrade.

culmore.bsky.social•2 days ago

Timely and spot on.

safetypup.bsky.social•2 days ago

Proof that Stephen Miller is a reincarnation.

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ezslims.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hegseth looks the same way

fitness-linda.bsky.social•2 days ago

Also, Trump was born a little over a year after Hitler died...

safetypup.bsky.social•2 days ago

I think Hitler is too small for Trump. Maybe the anti-Christ. Mostly joking but this passage from Revelations raised an eyebrow. “One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was filled with wonder and followed the beast.”

praire.bsky.social•2 days ago

Well not joking ☺️
..The Prophetic reference to the Beast
is PAPAL ROME from the book of Revelation..
we have 6 Catholic Supreme Court Justices..
Leonard Leo (OPUS DEI)
Federalist Society(Catholic
Heritage Foundation
Stay tuned ...

fitness-linda.bsky.social•2 days ago

😧

100battles.bsky.social•2 days ago

#resist

https://open.substack.com/pub/100battles/p/the-resistance-a-manifesto?r=59gxq3&utm_medium=ios

egoode.bsky.social•2 days ago

Young Mr D. Rings a fucking bell.

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migueldehuachuca.bsky.social•2 days ago

Dong dong dong! Probably fond of orange face paint and cheats at golf. And everything else.

peaceablyassembled.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes
b/c
when "unprincipled men (are) enabled to subvert the power of the people & to usurp the reigns of (this) govt.." (GW, 1796)
it did not happen overnight & they had a lot of help

iow
We won't unravel todays' tyranny until we all understand the +40yrs of "despotism" that brought Us Here

iamarthurkotb.bsky.social•2 days ago

Excellent article, still true today.