Gregory's Server@barubary that was well-stated, thanks. I agree with this - in fact the person who gave me my current copy of the book has turned out to be a deeply racist elitist Republican- but you have to read past the chapter where they invade Russia, or you don’t get the lesson.
The fact that a third of the US thinks Nazis are just fine doesn’t validate it as in ideology. It indicates that they’re assholes who need to get taught the lesson again. To wit:
@barubary and my point is, why in hell does ANYONE think that this time, it will be different? On the left and center, people aren’t getting that, as @cstross has stated, NO ONE is safe. On the right/fascist side, why do they think that THIS time, it will work, and they’ll be able to cleanse the world and enslave everyone they don’t kill?
If they win and consolidate power, MILLIONS of people are going to die. That’s how it always works. This is what they do.