That point 30 years ago was like the last chance to get housing at any reasonable cost. Even the crash of 08 just sorta brought the prices back to normalish and started going up pretty fast.
They probably bought a house built on top of an ancient Indian burial ground, too.
People live to forget where all that cheap land came from, back in the 70s/80s. A century of genocide and oh hey where did all this Terra Nullis come from? Amazing.
Fun fact: The comparison isn't even completely inaccurate, Hitler's fundamental ideology (social darwinism) is also at the core of Trumps thoughts, see this long article.
Probably closer to 8.0 at this point. From Chang Kai Shek to Augusta Pinochet to Idi Amin to Bong Bong Marcos, we've been minting new fascists practically every decade.
Hitler cited Southern Jim Crow laws as the model for Germany to follow in Mein Kampf.
Trump is just an accurate reflection of the worst section of our country and their legacy of evil.
The south wrote a massive advantage into the constitution by way of the electoral college, and until it's repealed they will continue to elect the most evil possible choice in any election.
2.0 means they've decided to change their license to a subscription model, and put all the useful features behind a pay gate. You can't leave because they have all your data and there's no export feature.
I dunno, the first time Hitler tried to do what Mussolini did, he ended up in prison. Mussolini was more competent but had to make do with an Italian army while Hitler was less competent but got farther because it was still a German army supported by German engineers and scientists.
I think Trump to Hitler is more accurate, especially when considering Putin for the Mussolini role. Ukraine would be Ethiopia (though with more support this time around instead of just league of nations hand wringing about the whole thing). Israel/Palestine would be Spain, except it's entirely one sided.
I hope Trump loses (election and coup/civil war) before we find out who gets to be Poland and France this time around. As a Canadian, I'm a bit nervous, about either that or being more like Austria. Though if we could be Czechoslovakia and just give them Alberta, I could live with that (other than seeing that BC would likely also be annexed).
Version 2.0 doesn't necessarily mean improved. If we go by semantic versioning and we leave the compatibility aspect out then 2.0 just means a significant amount of features have been added to warrant a major version increment.
Usually features mean better user experience but not necessarily. For example Hitler 2.0 would have less focus on antisemitism, more focus on general racism. Feature change, but not really an improvement.
People want policies they like, but fail to understand how a participatory social democracy produces those policies.
They also tend to mistake an "American Idol" ass voting process with participatory social democracy.
"Democracy is when the government offers you two choices and everyone says the choice they like best, weighted by Congressional votes and not including DC/Puerto Rico/Guam residents for some reason" is a thing Americans believe is the bestest, freeist, most liberty-endowing system to ever exist. Unless the wrong person wins, in which case the election was rigged.
They also tend to mistake an “American Idol” ass voting process with participatory social democracy.
This is what bothers me the most. We can't make a rational decision together. It's always sensationalized and simplified and two-sided and full of misinformation and blatant lies and dramatic language.
Just last night I threw out a pound of political mailers. Just took them right out of the mailbox and threw them in the garbage. Totally wasted paper that I didn't bother to read because I know it's just oversimplification and emotional appeals. And it was a pound last week. And the week before that. We waste so much time and money and energy on this shit.
I've gotten seven texts begging for money today alone.