“We’re gonna end it on day one … the whole thing is crazy,” Trump said on a Philadelphia talk show.
  • Justas🇱🇹
    742·
    7 months ago

    First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a socialist.

    Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a trade unionist.

    Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew.

    Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

    • CitizenKong@lemmy.world
      48·
      7 months ago

      This is a quote by Martin Niemöller, a German theologian who spent eight years in concentration camps towards the end of WW2 and who afterwards publicly spoke out a about the dangers of complacency in the face of fascism.