The Dangers of Hitlerian Tacticism

Even if you're sympathetic to Trumpism, you should still be horrified by the January 6th incident because it pushes our politics toward the use of physical terror. Hitler was helped by the Weimar Republic's law enforcement and judiciary systems, which were on the net lenient with him and his essay troops. The Communists also participated in violent street clashes, but far from leveraging these demonstrations into a political advantage, they provoked a backlash against themselves. Germans who mistakenly thought the Communists were the real threat ultimately played into Hitler's hand.