Shall we make a bet? I bet that the arrested person will be released for some strange reason. That's how it was in Nazi Germany, too. Every Nazi had his "good Jew"—everyone else was a pig—only mine could stay. Wanna bet?!

That’s how autocrats operate: every crisis is an opportunity to expand power. History has a name for this playbook — the Reichstag fire comes to mind. Stoke fear, deploy troops, normalize control. That’s how democracies erode.

I'm afraid you won't be able to stop the avalanche anymore, at least not as individuals.

their own population… –

experience tells us all of that will increase. At least that's how it was for us. I'm going to get some popcorn (with Valium) now and watch this from afar (with deep concern and no schadenfreude). Take care of yourselves and take cover in time.

…and my congratulations from Germany as well. Those were the relatively harmless first few months. It will get worse with every passing day. Oppression of minorities, imprisonment in camps and the conditions there, arbitrary arrests, bureaucratic arbitrariness, secret services terrorizing

ICE seems to be the American Gestapo:

They attack people day and night, arrest them in all sorts of places, and deport them to camps. It's no different from the worst history of Germany. All that's missing is the Final Solution.

We will surely see how this turns out

Ceterum censeo imperium Russicum esse delendam!

…and a difference in attitude towards reality…

It was always such a gauntlet. And everyone knew who the old woman was. Served her right! The wind had changed. Now she was the underdog…

We saw an old lady walking past us on the street. My grandmother said to me so loudly that everyone on the street could hear: "Look at her—she was such a Nazi bitch!!" Embarrassing for the old woman. Decades later, she still had to walk past our house every day.

and then the reckoning will come. The more evidence you have, the sooner justice will be served. We always meet twice in life. Nemesis – the goddess of just vengeance – be with you.

One day a few years ago, I was standing on the balcony with my grandmother.

Right!

Many greetings from Germany. We know what it's like. We've experienced it twice: after the Nazis and after the Communists.

Many of the perpetrators, like you, will survive this regime. Even if it takes decades. Someday the day will come when the winds of change blow,

The more evidence you have, the sooner justice will be served. We always meet twice in life. Nemesis – the goddess of just vengeance – be with you.

Many greetings from Germany. We know what it's like. We've experienced it twice: after the Nazis and after the Communists.
Many of the perpetrators, like you, will survive this regime. Even if it takes decades. Someday the day will come when the winds of change blow, and then the reckoning will come

determines the perspective and the values.

All those who then speak like that unwittingly adopt the enemy's value system and have thus – also unwittingly – already lost.

As a German, I find the article very good! That was precisely the problem with the Nazis. They lied and exaggerated just as unashamedly as the MAGA when it came to taking action against their enemies (the Jews at the time). The core is language. Whoever determines the language