Goodwin's law originally stated that as a thread grows longer, the probability of someone mentioning Hitler or Nazis approaches one.
This has drifted to be that in any thread, as soon as someone says "that's what the Nazis/Hitler would do/say"
that person automatically loses the argument and the thread ends.
HOWEVER! There is also Quirk's exception, which states that Hitler and Nazism may be mentioned without activating Goodwin's law,
if it is actually relevant to the topic.
I think in this thread, it was relevant. Bandito was talking about the desire for an external enemy. Consider the following quote:
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The people can always be brought to do the bidding of the leaders. Tell them they are under attack, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism. Herman Goering.
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Islam is the new communism.