The Age of Cretinism

Re:The Age of Cretinism by fvdessen on Monday August 13, 2018 @05:37AM (#17748988)

When a politician starts to literally call for the end of democracy, freedom of speech, genocide of people, conquest of neighbouring countries, nationalisation of major industries, etc ?

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Re:The Age of Cretinism by ben_w on Monday August 13, 2018 @06:38AM (#17749165)

All or some?

Also: Freedom of speech is a gradient not a binary, so its loss is harder to notice if done slowly; ditto the balance between nationalisation and privatisation (the fomer I prefer lots; the latter, I don’t really care where the balance is so long as it’s not either extreme).

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Re:The Age of Cretinism by bartread on Monday August 13, 2018 @05:57AM (#17749062)

I would suggest that if you wait that long you've waited too long.

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Re:The Age of Cretinism by fvdessen on Monday August 13, 2018 @06:15AM (#17749098)

Too long to fight against it, or to make Hitler comparisons ?

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Re:The Age of Cretinism by s_m_t on Monday August 13, 2018 @05:45AM (#17749022)

Yeah, Hitler was no trojan horse. He pretty much laid out his plans in a book... Which he wrote in prison after a failed coup.

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