Robert Reich offers some consolation

[ginnyinWI]

https://www.facebook.com/RBReich/videos/1410502518962340/

He says only half the population voted in the election, and less than half of them voted for DT. So really, less than 25% of the population voted for him, and many of them were the anti-Washington, the "drain the swamp" crowd, not voting for DT specifically.

He goes on to say that the President is working for us--he is a public servant--and not a king (whether he thinks he is or not!). Reich will be offering advice regularly on how to resist.

[elleng]

1. True that not many voted.

Think Dems might do better next time???

[Kablooie]

2. Hitler was very popular in Germany before 1939. Different from Trump today.

According to "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich".
Hitler was presenting arguments why war was insanity and how he was determined to keep the peace during the 30's.
The country was under extreme control but the author, who was a CBS journalist living in Germany at the time, said he was surprised to see how happy and trusting most Germans were at this time.

So Trump doesn't have that.
I don't think the majority likes him while educated, thinking people hate him and see clearly the danger he poses.
At least we are on our guard.
The Germans weren't.

[unblock]

3. hitler won in 1933 with only 44% of the vote and made himself dictator shortly thereafter

any effort to gauge popularity after that is highly suspect as there were punishments for not supporting him.

this country gave shrub 90% approval for a while, simply because 9/11 happened.

if trump became dictator (or, more likely, republicans became an oligarchy) and banned other parties and sent dissidents to prison, donnie would appear to have as much popularity as hitler did as well.

[Nay]

4. It's true that only half of voters voted, and only half of them voted for Trump, but

to me that only means that half of the non-voters are potential Trump voters who just never got off their asses. For all I know, 3/4 of them would have voted for Trump. I sure don't think most of them would have voted Democratic -- most of them are pretty disconnected and thus easy to sway with emotional arguments.