Anything less than this is a nonstarter platform for any 2028 hopeful

Problem with Nazis, he said, is that once you have a Nazi infestation, it's too late. Most people will tell you THESE guys don't look like Nazis.

He told me that was his problem with Star Wars. "It's about space Nazis, but it's too chicken shit to make them look like real Nazis."

To whit, when actual fascists pop up now, the common refrain is it's not fair to call them Nazis, because we have a VERY clear idea in our head of what a Nazi looks like.

It looks like Indiana Jones villains. Like Colonel Klink.

Real Nazis wear suits. They own businesses. They're CIVIL, on paper.

He said that with their silly uniforms and beer guts and comical hats and accents, it's easy to underestimate them. Real Nazis aren't joking around, and they will kill you if they think for a second they can get away with it. He said he's afraid America's going to laugh itself into fascism.

He went on to tell me that he's terrified that people are going to take the wrong lesson about the Nazis.

He said the only lesson we need is that when you see Nazis popping up, you crush them before you have a country full of them.

What you don't do is treat them like jokes.

"This." He said. "This is what Nazis are like. This is what Nazis do. And there's only one way you can stop a Nazi. And it's not tricking them into painting graffiti while you sneak into their base. You stop a Nazi by killing it." He said it. I'll never remember the tone he used.

Then he showed me his photo album. Not the family photo album. His.

He showed me photos from his time in the Air Force. He showed me, maybe seven years old, what a bomb does to a human body. He showed me the victims of cyanide poisoning. He showed me his compatriots with fourth degree burns.