Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[vivster]

Nighthawk117 said:

vivster said:

My bad for assuming that you are aware of the existence of other countries but your own.

But good to know how quickly you are willing to make a connection between Hitler and Trump.

Indulge me, what current presidents model themselves after Hitler?  The only thing Trump and Hitler have in common is that they are both white men.

I guess the most prominent examples right now are Putin, who is on his best way to use fascism and democracy to make himself dictator for life and Xi Jinping who already did that and is currently enjoying his concentration camps for muslims. Then there is Bolsonaro who uses the extreme populism and martyrdom that Hitler would've admired. You got your President of the Philippines Duterte who couldn't be more authoritarian right if he tried. There are of course more in Africa. And all of them including Trump share that beautiful personality cult of narcissists like Hitler. Not saying Hitler invented the "narcissistic asshole dictator" trope but he surely popularized it to be enjoyed by many other pathetic narcissist all over the world.

Turns out you can still be a terrible person even without the bonus of killing 6 million jews. For example by killing hundreds of thousands of your own citizens through a preventable virus.