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It's a spot on essay on the kind of the original Nazi movement (and others since), but not applicable to the modern Trump situation.

First, because the Nazi analogy is far-fetched -- from the Wall, to the travel ban, to throwing out immigrants, and on to war, he is continuing more or less the same policies as Obama. Who didn't do that great on institutional racism either (remember "black lives matter"? The hurt that caused this and the killer cop business had continued as usual under his watch. Same for things like surveillance, hawkish attacks in foreign policy, etc. Heck, even Obamacare was "inspired" from Mitt Romney -- and nothing like e.g. British or Canadian healthcare).

But even more so, because while the Nazi party was THE establishment, Trump is a small anomaly, with most of the establishment figures (all "good society" and the prestigious press) against him. You can't build a career on being for Trump today (you'll regret very soon), whereas you could for being pro Nazi in the thirties. And many of the author's analogies are based on those aspects.