Summarised: the French Resistance were useful when they coordinated with outside forces (e.g. D-Day), useless otherwise.
OTOH, we’re not quite at the Maquis stage yet. Internal resistance to fascism can succeed (even peaceful resistance), but you have to commit to it before the fascists lock everything down.
not sure why it does surprise people
if you are standing next to the man in charge and he attack your people / faith / minority …etc
you think you are safe because you feel you have the power and the man in change will protect you
That is while people kept on saying Saddam Hussain oppressed Shia in Iraq , half his cabinet were Shia
they heard all his rhetoric vs Shia Iran and felt " Hey that is them not me "
same feeling by the Jews / Blacks …etc in Trump cabinet , they know he is fueling the fire and hatred toward them , but because they are with the man in power , they think they are safe
Trump entered in to the public consciousness on Oct. 16, 1973 when the Department of Justice had brought suit in federal court in Brooklyn against Mr. Trump and his father, Fred C. Trump, charging them with violating the Fair Housing Act of 1968 in the operation of 39 buildings.
I wonder if we get to some point in the future where USian grandchildren will ask their granddads “What did you do in the time when Trump was president?”