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> It had armed gangs, both right and left-wing, fighting in the streets

See: 2020 in the US.

> completely failed monetary policy

See printing off a lot of money to deal with an emergency because the US hasn't had a meaningful conversation about revenue since 1993 when George HW Bush went back on "read my lips"

> sky-high level of corruption

You have people on this court accepting vacations and gifts from people who are wishing to push a certain political viewpoint on the court. They just ruled this was okay, too, by neutering a federal anti-bribery statute. Money is considered protected political speech.

There are a lot of parallels between Weimar Germany and the current state of the USA. More than anyone should feel comfortable with.



To be fair there is still a very long way to go if you look at the actual details.

> There are a lot of parallels between Weimar Germany and the current state of the USA

It might be dysfunctional but largely in very different ways (unless you view it extremely superficially).




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