I'm not the only one harping on Hitler, Hartmann is too. By Hal M. Brown
This is my third Substack in a row about Hitler and Trump. I wasn’t going to write on this subject, but then I read Thom Hartmann’s “The Brutality is the message…” Substack.
In it he refers to Hitler five times and the Nazi’s seven times. Below I highlighted most of the references.
Of course, Trump referred to “nuclear” as the “N-word” during that cringeworthy speech to military leaders. He said “there are two N-words, and you can’t use either of them.” He was discussing U.S. nuclear capabilities. The generals sat in stunned silence. In fact, the other n-word which should send chills up and down our spines when applied to Trump and MAGA that people like Thom Hartmann (our number one progressive radio host) is starting to use is Nazi.
Below is the comment I posted on Hartmann’s Substack:
The subtitle “Every raid, every body slammed to the pavement, is a public ritual meant to teach us obedience. The goal isn’t enforcement — it’s submission...” is so true and should be incredibly terrifying. It is, as you say, without using the word “Hitlerian” right out of Hitler’s playbook. I haven’t read that this was spelled out in Project 2025. I don’t think there’s a chapter on the use of systematic sadistic terror as a major tactic in their overrall strategy. What has been transpiring with this use of brutality as major modus operandi to instill obediance through fear has led me to do my own rebranding for No Kings day. I hate to throw shade on the original intention and coining of the label, but King George III was not Adolph Hitler.
Trump is not Hitler either, but he is much closer in his actions and personality than he is to King George. This is why I compared Trump and Hitler in yesterday’s Substack.
I give huge credit to the “No Kings” protest organizers at Indivisible and recognize that when they selected the label for their first and hugely successful protest on June 14th (Trump’s birthday) the president hadn’t yet emerged as an Americanized and somewhat sanitized version of Alolph Hitler.
I don’t advocate for a name change. “No Kings” is too well established. There is also a risk in going overboard with what can be seen as hyperbole and this plays right into the hand of Trump and MAGA accusing critics of having Trump derangement syndrome.
Not to dwell on naming protests too much, but “No Kings” was a much better name than the “Workers over Billionaires” protests held on Labor Day. I had to look that up.
Having an American oligarchy is far less of a concern than the country turning into a facsist autocracy ruled by a brutal dictator.
What I dread is looking back at the “No Kings” and other national protests, regardless of what they were called, and seeing that any protests had been made illegal, labeled acts of treason, with attempts to organize them punishable by imprisonment or worse.
Hal,
Thanks for this post. Didn't realize Hitler went after LGBTQ first. Not astounding, given the results of the regime. Stipulative definitions mark an intellectual fortress so-to-speak. Hitler was a monster. Millions died from 1933 to 1945. I care not how you classify "the evil that men do". It's "fookin" evil as my cousin in Ireland might say. Define what you will. When we're all in some black site, either in our mind's eye or at a physical location, please have your readership remind me HOW different Trump is from the other tyrants, past and present.
OURSELVES ALONE, TN10670
I have to call you on this: The emerging oligarchy (more correctly, a plutocracy) is what is truly happening here. That the plutocracy finds a fascist government the best way to achieve their goal of owning everything is secondary and distracts from confronting the real enemy.
Hitler was never really a front man for German industrialists. They climbed on board when they saw they could benefit monetarily from the Nazi government.