Obama invokes Hitler's rise in warning to USA

[Morphine Prince 109,654]

Barack Obama has warned of the fragility of American democracy, making reference to the rise of Nazi Germany in the 1930s.

Speaking during a question and answer session at the Economic Club of Chicago on Tuesday, the former US president warned against growing nativism in America.

“We have to tend to this garden of democracy or else things could fall apart quickly,” Mr Obama said.

He went on to compare the situation to Germany in the 1930s where, despite a long history of high-level cultural and scientific achievements (and the existence of a functioning democracy), Adolph Hitler nonetheless rose to power, reported Crain’s Chicago Business.

“Sixty million people died,” he added. “So, you've got to pay attention. And vote.”

Although Mr Obama did not mention Donald Trump by name, some believed his comments were aimed at the current US president and his “Make America Great Again” rhetoric - which critics argue has fuelled nationalism.

Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/barack-obama-invokes-adolf-hitler-nazi-leader-democracy-a8096351.html

 

[JustinTrudeau 2,419]

Wait, when did he warn Americans? Was it before the election day or just recently?

[Jed 7,716]

Just now, JustinTrudeau said:

Wait, when did he warn Americans? Was it before the election day or just recently?

article was posted three hours ago all you had to do was click on it

[JustinTrudeau 2,419]

Just now, Jed said:

article was posted three hours ago all you had to do was click on it

Yea but it sounded like something that would be fitting earlier on in the year. There are non-presidential elections going on, but it seems a bit too late to warn us about this, no?

[JohnnyVersace 9,274]

Just now, JustinTrudeau said:

Yea but it sounded like something that would be fitting earlier on in the year. There are non-presidential elections going on, but it seems a bit too late to warn us about this, no?

I think he's warning of the future, and what could happen. 

[DiscoHeaven23 35,007]

him saying this just seems even more grim.

It seems like something the last REAL president of a democratic country would warn about when a new powerful man with scary actions and beliefs has been in power for almost a year. 

 

[Whispering 18,865]

Hmmmm....one might think that he was referencing Trump here. 

Interesting. 

[TimisaMonster 31,073]

Lol so Trump is our modern day Hitler? I think that goes to Kim of North Korea 

[coekane 5,921]

9 minutes ago, TimisaMonster said:

Lol so Trump is our modern day Hitler? I think that goes to Kim of North Korea 

Yes, we have been knew about Kim Kardashian’s rise to power in Hollywood. 

[JustinTrudeau 2,419]

1 hour ago, TimisaMonster said:

Lol so Trump is our modern day Hitler? I think that goes to Kim of North Korea 

But here's the thing. North Korea has always been like that since the Korea War, with stronger nukes than before. 

However, the U.S. should be a free, democratic place that doesn't allow fascism or elements of Nazism to appear anywhere close to the White House. For goodness sake, the alt-right people's grandfathers and great-grandfathers fought against the Nazis in WWII, and now they're screaming that they cannot be white and there should be a stronger white power and so on. We all know that's BS, as whites have great privilege in the American society.

A country who had a good track of progression should not back track so quickly within a year, nor should the president spend time dividing up the nations (not inviting Democrat Jews to Hanukah celebrations is one recent example) or preach hate without thoughts put in his actions. Trump feeds on the fear of the voters, and knows what they want to hear, not what they need to hear. He has not passed a major legislation in his first year, but instead, rips apart Obama era's laws and actively put middle and lower classes at a disadvantage so they have less say over the upper classes.

If you have to talk about the 'good old days', blame the media and election candidates for everything that happened, and endorse senators who have no moral values to show in order to stay in power, then something is deeply, deeply wrong.

[Evan Peters 10,776]

trump is horrible, but we really need to stop acting like he's the next hitler. get a grip, ya'll 

[Benji 20,113]

2 hours ago, Morphine Prince said:

He went on to compare the situation to Germany in the 1930s where, despite a long history of high-level cultural and scientific achievements (and the existence of a functioning democracy), Adolph Hitler nonetheless rose to power, reported Crain’s Chicago Business.

This part is so weird  I mean it’s true but it’s such a weird statement to make, it’s like saying “despite the fact the sky is blue, Hitler still happened”

It’s just so irrelevant  

[ProdigyARTPOP 3,910]

3 minutes ago, Evan Peters said:

trump is horrible, but we really need to stop acting like he's the next hitler. get a grip, ya'll 

He is the next Hitler, the man wants to send us to war with a country that can obliterate us, he’s helped stem this hate towards minorities in his followers, he wants to strip away the rights of women, LGBT, minorities etc.

He is a racist bigot, who only cares about his pockets and those around him. He doesn’t care about the middle or lower class, that’s why he has no qualms removing their healthcare, their welfare, and the needs of veterans, children and the elderly 

He spews rhetoric of hate, division, elitism, nationalism and just straight up violence. The fact that people can’t seem to see that is scary, considering he wants to remove Net Neutrality and build a wall. 

That sounds pretty dictatorial to me 

[Whispering 18,865]

6 minutes ago, Evan Peters said:

trump is horrible, but we really need to stop acting like he's the next hitler. get a grip, ya'll 

Tell that to Obama, the former President of the United States. 

[JustinTrudeau 2,419]

2 minutes ago, Benji said:

This part is so weird  I mean it’s true but it’s such a weird statement to make, it’s like saying “despite the fact the sky is blue, Hitler still happened”

It’s just so irrelevant  

I think he meant that despite the past, the country and people's perceptions can always change. We must keep everyone in check every day, and not assume that democracy will always exist when we turn away. If people picked up warning signs, and understand that change can happen, this may have been prevented.