Democrats are losing their minds

The Atlantic has a remarkable article up: "How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 days - He used the constitution to shatter the constitution." I don't subscribe to The Atlantic, so I couldn't read the entire article linked. Thus, I'm unsure if they explain why they just happened to publish this article just as Trump is taking office. Perhaps it's just a coincidence. Or perhaps they describe some perceived parallels that they see between Trump and Hitler. I don't think it matters. Their intention is clear. Regardless, here are the first two paragraphs, that I could see on this side of the paywall:

Ninety-two years ago this month, on Monday morning, January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed the 15th chancellor of the Weimar Republic. 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.

OK. So Hitler was appointed as leader of Germany. He then used the laws of the democracy that had elevated him to high office to overthrow the constitutional republic that previously existed, allowing him to gain absolute power. He viewed his own country's legal system with disdain, viewing its laws as a sign of weakness. He rationalized this by pointing out that his popular support was more important than the laws of the country. Naturally, Hitler's supporters were later executed for their complicity in his atrocities.

The Atlantic has been publishing its magazine for 158 years. And they decided to publish this article right now. Just before Trump's inauguration.

It's amazing. It really is.

Trump is not an unknown entity. He has already served as president.

I wonder if they wonder why Trump didn't do any of this in his first term. I wonder if they wonder why Trump's policies are designed to reduce the influence of government, rather than increasing it. I wonder if they wonder why he started DOGE, to drastically reduce the size and influence of government.

If Trump is a tyrant, who seeks absolute power, none of those things make any sense. If he's a tyrant, he's doing it all wrong.

But I don't think this sort of thing is simple propaganda. I think Democrats really believe it. The world must look very strange to them.

Hitler was a man of the left. Just like Stalin, Mao, Castro, et al. Yet Democrats fear Trump — a man of the right, who seeks to reduce the influence of government, thus making American citizens more free, more independent, and more prosperous. And thus making American politicians, including Mr. Trump, LESS powerful.

But I think that when Democrats look at Mr. Trump, they really do see Adolf Hitler. I just don't understand their thinking here. It makes no sense.

Democrats are losing their minds.