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Godwin's law exception: Hitler and Mussolini were voted-in. Masses of gullible idiots take much longer to realize (if ever because of ego protection) it was a
by failwhaleshark 5y ago
Godwin's law exception: Hitler and Mussolini were voted-in.
Masses of gullible idiots take much longer to realize (if ever because of ego protection) it was a bad idea after-the-fact, while students of history saw it coming. This is why direct "democracy" is a terrible idea. Governance by popularity is stupid. Ask Socrates.
- rich_sasha 5y agoWell, Hitler never won an election. He was thought to be a convenient idiot by his coalition partners, serious politicians. I’ll just leave that thought hanging there.
- failwhaleshark 5y agoThat's true. I just realized everything I knew was a lie. :D NSDAP goose-stepped into office without winning a plurality of votes, almost like what happens in other countries with Electoral Colleges.
- deepsun 5y agoActually, Hitler was never voted in. His party never got majority, they took the power in non-democratic ways.