Well, I can't speak for Stalin; from the little Russian history I have read, his rise to power does not mirror that of Trump. But Germany is another story, and I believe we are right to be apprehensive, at the very least, of the potential for a governmental take over. I worked with a woman, gone now, who fled Germany as a child, with her parents. They were not Jewish, or Roma, or any of the groups targeted. She told me many times how her father, a doctor, was very concerned about Hitler's rise, the brown-shirts, the crackdowns on Jews and minorities, and how he would speak to his patients, and find so many of them wanted Hitler to "make Germany great again". They were willing to overlook the subjugation of the government, the political bent of the courts- almost anything to get the "typical" (ie; white, Germanic) Germans back on top. It terrified her father that so many people, his friends, whom he thought of as good people, were willing to overlook the ever-rising specter of dictatorship - welcome it even. They dismissed his concerns, his paranoia - Oh, that won't happen, he was elected, you know!! And you know what? He was right. You aren't paranoid if it's true.I can remember when the Left accused the Right of paranoia. Now they’re seeing Nazis behind every tree and think Stalin is hiding under their beds.