First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist

1/ https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1300428396493758464
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist

2/
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist

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Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew

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Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me

That's what Martin Niemöller was writing about. Law and order. That's exactly the excuse the Nazis used to round up those they branded as enemies of the state.

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First it was the communists, and nobody cared, because fuck communists, right? Then it was the socialists, because socialists look sort of like communists if you're stupid and and easily manipulated. Then the unions, then the jews, then everybody else.

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Because those people, right? They were bad for "law and order."

Law and order as defined by those in power.

And if they meekly behave themselves and follow the law?

Then fascism changes the law to make them illegal ANYWAY.

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That's the thing about Fascists.

When they decide what is and what is not "law and order,"
sooner or later, they make everybody illegal.

Everybody.

Then they come for you.

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