Pro tip, find and listen to the plethora of historians and other experts on the classification and comparison.
Spoilers, MAGA keep following both the nazi and classic Russian tactics for manipulation.
A lot.
Like, constantly. There are also enablers preventing opposition from gaining any ground.
Are they literal clones of Nazis? No, that's impossible in a changing environment. That being said, they sure like to follow the nazi playbook in a way that sets alarms off in a way that would be pretty stupid to not have issues with.
At this point it's "you can't call them fascist/nazi until we are post-gas chamber," and even then you will get people saying it's not the same, for some stupidly specific yet mostly irrelevant differences.
So when the historians all cry "this is some nazi shit," it might be disingenuous to compare it to more frivolous accusations.
Also there are a lot more valid historical comparisons, because the Nazis aren't the only ones to do this shit, but they are a good example of the general shape.
Pro tip, find and listen to the plethora of historians and other experts on the classification and comparison.
Spoilers, MAGA keep following both the nazi and classic Russian tactics for manipulation.
A lot.
Like, constantly. There are also enablers preventing opposition from gaining any ground.
Are they literal clones of Nazis? No, that's impossible in a changing environment. That being said, they sure like to follow the nazi playbook in a way that sets alarms off in a way that would be pretty stupid to not have issues with.
At this point it's "you can't call them fascist/nazi until we are post-gas chamber," and even then you will get people saying it's not the same, for some stupidly specific yet mostly irrelevant differences.
So when the historians all cry "this is some nazi shit," it might be disingenuous to compare it to more frivolous accusations.
Also there are a lot more valid historical comparisons, because the Nazis aren't the only ones to do this shit, but they are a good example of the general shape.