The behavior of several of the most influential members of the Republican Party in the United States toward Donald Trump reminds me of that of Neville Chamberlain in the late 1930s and that of Pope Pius XII after 1939 toward the fascist leaders of the time.
It also reminds me of the strategic denials of several leaders of the French right who, for many years, blamed Édouard Daladier for not having to admit that England wanted to come to an agreement with Germany so that it would direct its attention to the East in the hope that the communists and fascists would self-destruct, which would have prolonged the survival of the British Empire.
It only took four generations for several of the most influential members of the Republican Party to ignore, either willfully or through ignorance, these important lessons of the 20th century.e century, passing from We will never forget has We chose not to care.
In fact, one only has to see that they have excluded people like Representative Liz Cheney from their ranks to prove it; she who has repeatedly sounded the alarm by asserting, with supporting evidence, that Donald Trump and his allies were and still are fascists in the making, appropriating most fascist techniques to achieve their ends. Many Canadians are worried that the danger is at our doorstep, south of our borders.
But beware: could the danger in the making already be within our borders, and actively taking root in our right-wing parties?
What lessons will we remember?
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