> the Munich Post found and published a Nazi party document planning a “final solution”
> the Reichstag Fire and Hitler seizing the opportunity to institute martial law and crush electoral democracy
And so on.
It's an interesting history lesson for those who don't already know these facts, but the author fails to make any substantial connection between these events and Trump.
I agree. That's part of what makes the article interesting for me, though (you can draw your own conclusions), and what warranted discussion on HN. Unfortunately, the current climate makes political discussion almost impossible.
> the November 1923 Munich “Beer Hall Putsch,”
> the Munich Post found and published a Nazi party document planning a “final solution”
> the Reichstag Fire and Hitler seizing the opportunity to institute martial law and crush electoral democracy
And so on.
It's an interesting history lesson for those who don't already know these facts, but the author fails to make any substantial connection between these events and Trump.