It’s actually exactly like the SA, the Nazi paramilitary force before the SS. The SA was composed entirely of thugs empowered to beat up “the opposition”, secure rallies, and secure elections (intimidate). The SA was purged in “the night of long knives” as soon as Hitler got real political power because an extrajudicial group of armed thugs is a huge liability when you’re the one in power. The people who did the purging were mostly police and government officials who were loyal to Hitler, and they later became the SS.
It’s a fascinating and terrifying history because Trump is a Hitler fanatic and he clearly plans to use his Maga thugs to gain power then purge them as soon as they’re a liability to him.
It’s actually exactly like the SA, the Nazi paramilitary force before the SS. The SA was composed entirely of thugs empowered to beat up “the opposition”, secure rallies, and secure elections (intimidate). The SA was purged in “the night of long knives” as soon as Hitler got real political power because an extrajudicial group of armed thugs is a huge liability when you’re the one in power. The people who did the purging were mostly police and government officials who were loyal to Hitler, and they later became the SS.
It’s a fascinating and terrifying history because Trump is a Hitler fanatic and he clearly plans to use his Maga thugs to gain power then purge them as soon as they’re a liability to him.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung