I actually think it's unfortunate you're being downvoted because you're right: the Weimar Republic was torn apart by two extremes who were feeding off each othe

I actually think it's unfortunate you're being downvoted because you're right: the Weimar Republic was torn apart by two extremes who were feeding off each other-- sure one that we on the left can generally agree espoused romantic views and the other hateful, but let's not put our heads in the sand around the reality of what was happening in Russia during the twenties and pretend that if the far-left fringe had won everything would have been wine and roses. Really what needed to happen was for the Weimar Republic to withstand the assaults from the extremes.. sadly the trend we're witnessing now seems to be towards a weakening of the center which is exactly the danger.