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Its worth a look at what actually happened during the rise of the third reich. People aren't just making the comparisons to be hyperbolic. I know a bit of it from reading the beginning of William L. Shirer's "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich".

The power shift in the Republican party has strong parallels to shifts in power that lead to compromises with the NSDAP, and eventually to Hitler's chancellorship.

The moves away from old institution norms (by both parties, though I tend to bias against R) who claim they are fighting to preserve it, whether with good intentions or not, have the effect of eroding our democracy.

The Trump admin's denigration of immigrants, and gender ideology also have obvious parallels.

For a time I didn't consider there to be genocidal parallels, but the recent threats to empty Gaza puts that on shaky ground.

Until these trends start reversing, and the groups involved work to restore norms, we are at an increasing risk of repeating past government's failures. For one party that feels like the intent (see recent chaos monkey efforts), while at least the other recognizes they are eroding norms, but can't seem to reverse course (Biden's executive orders).