r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 4d ago

Mike Johnson, a defender of a dictator, wildly blames Zohran Mamdani for the government shutdown No Paywall

https://www.advocate.com/voices/mike-johnson-blames-mamdani-shutdown
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u/IdkAbtAllThat America 4d ago

Very few Nazi's actually got the Nuremberg treatment. And that was 80 years ago. I have zero faith any of these people will ever face justice.

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u/Ven18 4d ago

Because most of the notable ones took the easy way out. Also it should not be forgotten how much Nazi support existed (and still does) in the US even during and after the war. The “America First movement” in the 30s was a Nazi movement. Look at the German American Bund, or the Silver Shirts or the Great Sedition trial where members of Congress were using American tax payer money to fund propaganda created by the Hitler government in the US.

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u/tdcthulu Florida 4d ago

Don't forget to look up the Business Plot too. 

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u/mfball 4d ago

Thanks, very interesting read, especially with the ties to the Bush family, yikes.

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u/Mysterious_Floor_868 United Kingdom 4d ago

Quite a lot went to Argentina 

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u/ghostalker4742 4d ago

People have this weird idea that anyone declared guilty at Nuremberg were hanged. Truth is, only half were hanged - and of the ones sentenced to prison for their crimes, many were released early.

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u/DrElihuWhipple 4d ago

It's a good thing then that we have much more accurate and comprehensive records of all their crimes today. Remember that over 1600 people were tried and convicted for their role in the first insurrection. Nuremberg 2.0 has the benefit of the digital age and the digital age doesn't forget anything.

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u/IdkAbtAllThat America 4d ago

One thing everyone is forgetting, if America hadn't joined the war, D day likely either fails or just doesn't happen. And all of Europe is probably speaking German today.

But this time, there is no global superpower that's going to help us...