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A REAL MAN

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 I love this picture of August Landmesser who is standing in a crowd of Germans with his arms folded. In a gesture of defiance he is refusing to salute Adolph Hitler, who is addressing ship yard workers where August was employed on June 13, 1936. August's rebellious attitude was based on his love for his wife who was being mistreated by the NAZI state. He could have been imprisoned or killed for this simple act of defiance. August joined the Nazi Party in 1930 which was during the depths of the depression and he thought that joining the party would put him on the fast track to getting a job. August met Irma Eckler in 1934 and fell deeply in love with her. This was a problem since Irma was a Jew. It mattered not that she had been baptized into the protestant church as a child. In 1935 they would become engaged and this would get August expelled from the party. Under the Nuremburg laws their marriage application was denied. Their daughter Ingrid was born in October 1935. In 1937 the
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A 1776 MOMENT

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 Vivek Ramaswamy gave a rousing speech at a Trump rally in which he compared the challenge we face in the upcoming election to that of our Founding Fathers in 1776. I agree with him but if we lose this election we will face a tyranny far greater than anything King George III or Parliament could dish out in the late 1700's. Communism has killed and enslaved more people than any form of government in history. Our Founding Fathers weren't facing the threat of a Fascist/Communist government. I agree with Elon Musk that this is our last chance to avoid that outcome. Vivek compared J.D. Vance to John Adams because of his brilliance and integrity. He also compared Elon Musk to Benjamin Franklin because he is an inventor. Last but not least he compared Donald Trump to George Washington. This is something that I have been saying for a while now. Trust me when I say that there were differences between Washington and Trump. Primarily their temperaments were definitely not the same. Trump
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THE FATHER OF AMERICAN FASCISM

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                                                                   Giovanni Gentile  Educated people know that Adam Smith is considered the father of free market capitalism and that Karl Marx is the father of Communism. It is also safe to say that most educated people do not know who the father of Fascism is. They might say Benito Mussolini or Adolph Hitler. Actually the father of Fascism is Giovanni Gentile. His last name sounds like Gentilly. He was an Italian philosopher who was born in 1875 and died in 1944. He would live almost long enough to see the downfall of the two most famous fascist states that were founded from his philosophy. Hitler's Germany and Mussolini's Italy.  Gentile believed that all private action should be oriented to serve society. He was against the ideal of individualism. In his view there was no distinction between private and public interest. Gentile defended compulsory state corporatism.   He advocated for a state that would not be self sufficient.
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A HOUSE DIVIDED

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    As a student of history I believe that America is at a place today very similar to where we were in 1860. American's are literally ready to fight each over over our political differences. We could be on the threshold of another civil war. I was watching an episode of Dr. Phil where he interviewed a black man who has converted from being a leftist Democrat and a former member of Black Lives Matter into a Trump supporting Conservative. The man talked about how he hasn't spoken to some friends and immediate family since he changed his political views three years ago. His family has disowned him. He has also received death threats but he says that he trusts in God and his Glock. Doctor Phil then interviewed a Democrat white woman who requested that her identity be hidden. She had also received death threats and had been run off the road on several occasions. People have flipped her off because of her bumper stickers. The woman was also stalked by a woman who called her a baby k
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CAREFUL- THEIR LIPS ARE MOVING

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  “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.” Joseph Goebbels Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas. Joseph Stalin The press must grow day in and day out - it is our Party's sharpest and most powerful weapon. Joseph Stalin It's not the people who vote that count. It's the people who count the votes. Joseph Stalin Show me the man and I'll find you the crime. Lavrentiy Beria - Head of Stalin's Secret Police Can you think of quotes more relevant to the situation that we find ourselves in today? T
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