Trump's business model now is a lot more Kardashian than Harry Macklowe. Media should call him "reality TV star"; most accurate description.
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For the record. Hitler deliberately provoked brawls with protesters as it helped him. Classic authoritarian tactic. https://twitter.com/emmettrensin/status/738597725445357569 …
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Provoking & welcoming violence in political events is like a dictionary definition of authoritarian classic tactic.pic.twitter.com/bFDHmEtelw
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Anybody arguing "Hitler came to power because people didn't riot/protest him at his events" has no idea of history. Is absolutely ignorant.
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Hitler events during his rise to power were MARKED by brawls & fights between attendees & protesters. It was their singular characteristic.
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This was no coincidence. Hitler & his ilk did everything they could to ensure people who'd fight them would find out & attend their rallies.
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Interesting point. Do you have a good source on this so I can read up on this?
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@JamesCookUMA "Hubris" by Ian Kershaw is great on Hitler's rise. Old thread on how Trump feeds of confrontation.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/708299244793372672 …zeynep tufekci added,
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I'm NOT arguing Trump is Hitler. Nope. I'm arguing against the argument "Trump is Hitler therefore let's brawl at his rallies". ::sigh::
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I'm also saying that there are well-established, predictable and historically common trajectories to what benefits authoritarian demagogues.
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Modified Godwin's: OK to talk about Hitler or Fascism but not if you don't know what actually happened. "Zeynep's law" that'll never take.

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okay if you can explain how and why Zentrum party voted the way it did in '33.
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