Do you think that a Modern day Third Reich could happen?

[Grave_n_idle]

Economic hardship and large-scale foreign immigration may result in a resurgence of fascist thinking.

Exactly. In the US, for example, since the economic downturn anti-immigration sentiment has increased hugely, and politics and rhetoric of immigration (and especially undocumented immigration) has become increasingly loaded.

It's easy to believe that the right combination of ongoing factors could lead to mobs of blackshirts attacking minorities and political opponents, much like Germany before the war.

[Trollgaard]

the real threat isn't from some rogue third world nation, but from the power of organized corporate crime in the u.s., to turn the u.s. into what hitler could only have wet dreams about.

Neat.

[Nazi Flower Power]

So people of Nation states i always like discussing this topic. Could a Modern day third Reich or a modern Day Roman empire take place?

I'm curious why the Third Reich and the Roman Empire are in the same sentence here?

Most people automatically Assume heavens no. But why History does often repeat itself. Remember when Hitler took over Germany. They were suffering in a depression and he promised Hope. The people were fearful and looking for a new leader. Personally i think that a Roman empire or a modern Day third Reich could once again take place. Like have you noticed in Greece they are electing Neo-Naizs? The same in France their Radical Right party are soaring the polls. Europe right now is a far right-wing laboratory. For the people are upset and want radical Change. I believe that In the next 10 years Fascists or Neo-Nazis will once rule again In Europe. Also this movie also Shined a good light on this iffy and debate filled topic

Movie link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wave_(2008_film)

I think it's possible for some new dictatorships to crop up in Europe, but you're not going to get anything in the near future that is as dangerous as the Third Reich. The thing that made the Third Reich so dangerous wasn't just their fanaticism. It was also the fact that Germany has a large population and military-industrial base. If you look at the countries where the neo-Nazis are gaining the most ground, they are smaller than Germany and not as militarily competent.