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It’s scary and fascinating at the same time watching fascism unfold in real time. You’d think it would be fast and spectacular but it’s slow and sort of boring. One freedom robbing law after the other gets implemented. One fascist puppet gets put in a position. Slowly but steadily life gets harder and more miserable. And the majority of the people is just passively watching it unfold.
They learned from their experiences. Taking power slowly and gradually means there is less resistance. If nazi germany had been slower going into extermination mode europe probably would have just sat back and let it happen. If they waited a bit longer to invade france and sent some time making baseless accusations to justify their war the rest of europe probably wouldn’t have cared. If they had exercised more soft power on britain and the usa they could have probably gotten their support.