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[–]EinmuetigeErhebung 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Looking at it from the outside (non-American) it seems to me that Trump is the only option, and "accelerationism" is a completely irrational stance. No political or social movement has ever succeeded by capitulating to its enemies. If the Communists had succeeded taking power in Germany 1919 instead of the "moderate" Weimar social democrats, a Jewish regime of terror would have been immediately installed and the country would have fallen off a cliff with no prospects for recovery, probably remaining a communist dictatorship until the 90s or even to this date. You have a duty to keep pushing things towards your side. If you let go, it will be MUCH harder later for you to regain control.

For example, many people seem to dream about a left-wing takeover bringing about "Weimar conditions" and paving the way for a subsequent right-wing putsch. However, this understanding of Weimar is false. They seem to forget that although degeneracy and leftist activism were rampant in the period, right-wing governments were in power for most of the Weimar republic and that the president as well as the institutions were decidedly national-conservative and could be persuaded by Hitler to allow him to become chancellor and enact dictactorial powers. If that weren't the case, and of he hadn't had this help from established institutions, it would have been much harder, if not impossible, for national-socialists to ever gain power.