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The wolf who cried boy (jlai.lu)

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[green, pointing to a clock with Hitler above it, that reads 11:30] Oh no, look… It's half to Hitler

[yellow, annoyed] Chill out buddy, don't be such an alarmist

[green, pointing to a clock with Hitler above it, that reads 11:45] Oh no, look… It's quarter to Hitler

[yellow, rude] Yeah I get it, I tweeted about it, leave me be

[green, pointing to a clock with Hitler above it, that reads 11:55] Oh no, look… It's five to Hitler

[yellow, scared] Oh shit oh fuck, we really need to do something NOW

[green, pointing to a clock with Hitler above it, that reads 11:59] Oh shit, look… It's one to Hitler

[yellow, terrified] It's too late now, wish we could have seen it coming earlier

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 115 points 4 days ago

It's one year past Hitler. That ship has sailed.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 68 points 4 days ago (8 children)

The thing is no one, literally no one, could have seen this coming.

His first term was text book in political perfection, and then he goes and does a 720 kickflip and gets all tyrannical and dictator-ish.

You know who really caused all this? Obama's second daughter, that's who. She's the leader of the Illuminati, I tell ya.

[–] notarobot@lemmy.zip 29 points 4 days ago

Well done. I had to stop mid read to read that again because I couldn't believe my eyes

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

He did a 180 and then moon walked

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[–] ConstantPain@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"For the evil to triumph, it is only necessary for good men to think they can solve things just by sharing memes..."

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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 83 points 4 days ago (29 children)

Liberal apathy is how you get to Hitler.

Apparently they do not understand the Paradox of Tolerance, or they're motivated to ignore it.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago

Liberal apathy is how you get to Hitler.

At an executive level, sure.

But the dogged insistence that fascism just happens and nobody does anything about it ignores the armies of protestors, the various pushback at state and local levels, the independent media rallying opposition, and the multiple assassination attempts on fascist figures.

This is in stark contrast to Dem political leadership, who seem to think Donnie is just another guy you make deals with.

they do not understand the Paradox of Tolerance

For the DC elites, they do. They just can't decide whether Trump is really a problem or merely a fundraising vehicle.

For the propes, urgency exists, but not the power to do anything about it

[–] MrSmiley@lemmy.zip 19 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Nice sentiment, not based in reality though.

Voters are guided by their own personal circumstances, often punishing leaders when economic conditions worsen and rewarding them when they improve, paying little heed to the politician’s actions.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2017/01/30/book-review-democracy-for-realists-why-elections-do-not-produce-responsive-government-by-christopher-h-achen-and-larry-m-bartels/

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 35 points 4 days ago (5 children)

In other words, voters are morons.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Remember, half of American voters can't read better than a middle school student

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[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Half to Hitler

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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

This applies just as well to Israel's increasingly violent ethno-Fascism ending up in a Genocide about to turn into a new Holocaust, as it applies to the US' empoverishment, explosion of inequality and collapse of social mobility which together with the domination of various pillars of Democracy by the moneyed elites made the election of a Fascist Populist a certainty.

The toon on the right is obviously a US-style Liberal - the last part ("Too late now, nothing we can do") is especially telling.

[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Israel started as a genocidal state, it continued as a genocidal state, and it still is a genocidal state. Settler Colonialism is genocide.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Indeed: the Nakba was already a Genocide.

My point is about Israel's "evolution" toward a Genocidal nation with levels of violence and rabid racism similar to Nazi Germany, from the generic "19th-Century White Colonialism" model they started with.

With that "Hitler clock", this cartoon is pretty much a perfect representation of how Israel has changed over time from run-of-the-mill white colonialist nation to its current state a ultra violent rabbid ethnostate just about to commit their own version of the Holocaust by starving Gazans, and of the reactions of mainstream Western politicians to both Israel's "evolution over time" and it's current state.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

No, they saw it coming. They voted for it.

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[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Thankfully, Orange shit is much older compared to Hitler and will not outlive most of us. Problem is what's coming after and the cleanup.

[–] superniceperson@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If you think this ends with trump then good news, you will have no idea whats going to happen in 13 months.

[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

13? I'd say 1 or 2.

[–] superniceperson@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Nah people will continue to hold out hope until the midterm are canceled or rigged.

[–] eronth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 days ago

They will, once again, choose to "move past" the event and not create any actual fixes.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 17 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Hitler? ... What are you talking about? .... we need to have full blown genocidal war, concentration camps where millions are murdered every day, mass military invasions of countries, nuclear war and complete lawlessness throughout the land with people murdering, raping and mutilating each other .... anything less than that is not yet Hitler.

So stop your alarmism all the time, it's not yet Hitler.

[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 27 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I think everyone down voting you missed the sarcasm. This post is about not yet Hitler but they don't like your not yet Hitler.

Also, Hitler shoots himself in the head while his wife dies from cyanide poisoning, so not yet Hitler

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 21 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Exactly .... the world won't admit it to being a fully fascist state of affairs until the entire world is literally falling apart and people are dying by the tens of thousands or millions due to war, genocide, famine, death and destruction.

Until then, everyone will keep arguing that things aren't that bad yet

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 days ago

Nah, even that wouldn't be Hitler. Hitler is a concept that can never be met or exceeded in real life. Hitler is always worse. /s

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[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Godwin's law!

[–] freddydunningkruger@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

That's funny, I was just coming to comment about remembering when Godwin's law was a thing, and about how I wonder, now, if it helped contribute towards protecting the slow, continual growth of fascist ideology. Nazi thinkers not getting called out on their Nazi thoughts by invoking this made up rule.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Hitler is at 08:08, not 00:00

It's not only the orange guy. The 'Oh no, look' guy isn't helpful either. If people don't react correctly, the behavior should be adjusted.

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