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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA preview of the Trump Madison Square Rally
Watch this and let me know if this gives you chills like it does me. I have seen this many times, but it seems much more real recently.
We are failing to learn from history, again.
This is from the Pink Floyd album/movie The Wall back in the early 80s, but is so relevant even today.
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A preview of the Trump Madison Square Rally (Original Post)
ragemage
3 hrs ago
OP
Interesting that Roger Waters now actually thinks the way "Pink" does here. nt
LexVegas
3 hrs ago
#2
I remember watching this movie years ago. Did not hit home like it did just now.
Deuxcents
2 hrs ago
#5
BoRaGard
(2,576 posts)1. G.O.P.-Russian wet dream
American nightmare.
LexVegas
(6,482 posts)2. Interesting that Roger Waters now actually thinks the way "Pink" does here. nt
riversedge
(72,547 posts)3. gawds That is scary. Wish I not watched it now!!
Wednesdays
(19,938 posts)4. "So this is how liberty dies...with thunderous applause."
-- Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.
Deuxcents
(19,175 posts)5. I remember watching this movie years ago. Did not hit home like it did just now.
orthoclad
(4,469 posts)6. Paywall
Wants me to "sign in".
I'm not monetizing Google.
GeoWilliam750
(2,536 posts)7. Has anyone read "A Fever in the Heartland" by Timothy Egan
It is a fascinating read, and is so similar to today, although it was a hundred years ago.