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Right-wing insurrectionists tried to topple the German government in 1920 — it's happening again in Trump's America

JL;DR SUMMARY Terrence Petty draws a chilling parallel between the Kapp Putsch of 1920 in Germany and the January 6, 2021 insurrection in the U.S., highlighting how leniency towards right-wing extremists can embolden future anti-democratic actions. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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DemocracyAdolf HitlerDonald TrumpAuthoritarianismRight Wing ExtremismPolitical ViolenceWeimar RepublicPardonsJanuary 6 Capitol RiotKapp Putsch

Places mentioned

Berlin, Germany
"Soldiers guard an entrance to the Reichstag in Berlin during the Kapp Putsch in 1920."
Ohio, United States
"such as the 2022 murder of an Ohio man by a neighbor who believed he was a Democrat,"
Minnesota, United States
"and the assassination in June of a Minnesota state legislator and her husband in their home,"
Washington D.C., Washington DC, United States
"storming the U.S. Capitol."

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