1. Trump illustrates the paradox that the emergence of the new leads to a renewal of interest in the old. He's made history relevant again.
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10. Reviewing
@TimothyDSnyder's latest book, I look at the uses and abuses of historical analogies:https://newrepublic.com/article/140952/horrible-histories-perils-comparing-trump-stalin-hitler-dictators … -
11. Most thoughtful use of the fascism analogy I've seen has been by
@Dr_Geoff_Read & colleagues: http://activehistory.ca/2017/01/trumpism-fascism-and-the-lessons-of-history/ … - Show replies
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how about Bush Jr, via Putin.
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isn't it important to think beyond synchronic and diachronic to global social relations & interconnectedness?
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Might you have your syn- and dia- corsssed up? I would ordinarily think the parade of historical horribles was *diachronic*…
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… and the survey of [more or less] contemporary tinpots was *synchronic*. (Also, s/corssed/crossed)
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With Bannon in the inner circle, I think we could argue that Hitler or at least Nazi propaganda etc. is a diachronic analogy.
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