I think we all know how this story will end. At some point the owners of #bluesky will try to monetize their app, and shut down access to the API. The developers and users of these apps will be left scrambling for an alternative. Why not just build on a truly open protocol to begin with? #fediverse #mastodon #activitypub #historyrepeats
Déjàvu. This all seems so–familiar, right? Like, we've done this all before. But, that can't be. Can it? It can't happen here, right?..
Judgment at Nuremberg, 1961. Richard Widmark as prosecutor Col. Tad Lawson; directed and produced by Stanley Kramer, and written by Abby Mann.
This, I suspect, is the probable future of working and poor class American children and adults in the USA. Mill work, factory work, child labor, long hours, little education,…
#HistoryRepeats #History #Project2025 #ChildLabor #TrumpsAmerica
https://youtu.be/1p6ltR49zQU?si=1S9J6NTCDvWVvxAO
So, a co-worker told me about this article today... Wow! What day are we on now?
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
By Timothy W. Ryback
"Ninety-two years ago this month, on Monday morning, January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed the 15th chancellor of the #WeimarRepublic. In one of the most astonishing political transformations in the history of democracy, Hitler set about destroying a constitutional republic through constitutional means. What follows is a step-by-step account of how Hitler systematically disabled and then dismantled his country’s democratic structures and processes in less than two months’ time—specifically, one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes. The minutes, as we will see, mattered.
"Hans Frank served as Hitler’s private attorney and chief legal strategist in the early years of the Nazi movement. While later awaiting execution at Nuremberg for his complicity in Nazi atrocities, Frank commented on his client’s uncanny capacity for sensing 'the potential weakness inherent in every formal form of law' and then ruthlessly exploiting that weakness. Following his failed Beer Hall Putsch of November 1923, Hitler had renounced trying to overthrow the Weimar Republic by violent means but not his commitment to destroying the country’s #democratic system, a determination he reiterated in a Legalitätseid—'legality oath'—before the Constitutional Court in September 1930. Invoking Article 1 of the Weimar constitution, which stated that the government was an expression of the will of the people, Hitler informed the court that once he had achieved power through legal means, he intended to mold the government as he saw fit. It was an astonishingly brazen statement.
"'So, through constitutional means?' the presiding judge asked.
"'Jawohl!' Hitler replied."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/ylnZR
#Fascism #ResistFascism #Authoritarianism #USPol #History #HistoryRepeats #Twitler
Say, remember what happened to the #RomanEmpire when they stopped taking care of their #soldiers? [Read below]
Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from VA
https://apnews.com/article/veterans-affairs-cuts-doge-musk-trump-f587a6bc3db6a460e9c357592e165712
Veterans are speaking out on the Trump administration’s plans to cut the VA’s budget
"Some historians trace the beginning of the fall of the Western Roman Empire to the Senate’s decision to reduce the soldiers’ pension. With less incentive to join the army, the Roman citizens turned to different careers. The Senate then filled the ranks of the army with Barbarians, diminishing the cohesion and discipline. These decisions are major contributing factors that lead to the fall of Rome. A cautionary tale to not mess with a veteran’s pension and post service benefits."
https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/retirement-for-a-roman-veteran/
#USPol #FallOfTheEmpire #USEmpire #Veterans #VeteransBenefits #History #AncientHistory #Histodon #BadDOGE #DOGE #HistoryRepeats
The way things are tracking I've got just enough time to open a basement speakeasy serving bootleg liquor, for just long enough to to stuff a couple of mattresses with cash before the next great depression and WW3. Who's with me #justsaying #historyrepeats
Wohin würdet ihr auswandern? #historyrepeats
I am German, and lately, I keep thinking about a story from a friend’s family.
In 1943, at 17, his father was sent to war after an emergency high school graduation. Shortly before, he asked his own father how it had all come to this.
The answer: "We didn’t take them seriously."
Trump’s second term is off to a predictable start: chaos, paranoia, and authoritarian overreach. But sure, let’s pretend it’s just ‘disruption’ and not a full-blown power grab. #HistoryRepeats https://civilrights.org/blog/chaos-confusion-abuse-of-power-trumps-first-week-back-in-office
Trump erasing women from public view and positions of power is eerily similar to what the Taliban he liberated did when they took power. #GenderEquality #HistoryRepeats
#WomensRights #Feminism #PoliticalHistory #PowerDynamics #SocialJustice #EqualityForAll #WomensEmpowerment #TalibanComparison #HumanRights #Patriarchy #Oppression #WomensVoicesMatter #TrumpEra #PoliticalRegress
The manipulation of public discourse isn't new; it's just gone high-tech. Musk's use of X (Twitter) to bolster his own ideology while undermining dissent feels disturbingly familiar to historical propaganda strategies. #Goebbels #HistoryRepeats #RMPEP
@MunkyBone In twenty to thirty years' time he won't be as keen and eager and will be looking at his own pfy and thinking:
"In twenty to thirty years' time you won't be as keen and eager and will be looking at your own pfy and thinking."
7 December 2023 | A Mexican-American, Hugo Sanchez, was born in Atlanta. He worked in California as a bus driver and a seasonal farm worker.
In the San Diego Filtration Camp No.3 since 14 October 2025
No. 665148
He perished in the camp on 10 August 2026
Don't worry kids! There will no doubt be some new proprietary, non-federated, VC backed social network with buzz as the next Big Thing™ that you can all flock to, only to be amazed when their investors want money back and the enshittification begins again.
in charge for a once in a century #pandemic ... he's been reinstalled to have a go at a once in a century global economic meltdown
what's the word when you can see catastrophe coming but you can't do anything about it?
“On Tyranny is a call to arms and a guide to resistance, with invaluable ideas for how we can preserve our freedoms in the uncertain years to come.”
https://timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny #HistoryRepeats #democracy #usa #election2024
#FBPE #RejoinEU 
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