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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_presidential_election,_1932 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_presidential_election,_... "[Hitler] was appointed chance
by dudul 11y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_presidential_election,_1932 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_presidential_election,_...
"[Hitler] was appointed chancellor on 30 January 1933."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_federal_election,_July_1932 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_federal_election,_July_...
"They saw great gains by the Nazi Party, which for the first time became the largest party in parliament, though without winning a majority."
That's what democracy is about, the dictatorship of the biggest minority.
The constitution of the Weimar republic was crappy, but that's just how it was.
How did they cheat their way to power?
- dragonwriter 11y ago> That's what democracy is about, the dictatorship of the biggest minority. That's a notable failure mode of attempts to implement democratic ideals, but its definitely not what democracy is all about.
- dudul 11y agoBy "democracy" I meant "what today passes as democracy".
- mikeash 11y agoHitler being appointed Chancellor would have been unimportant if the rules had actually been followed, because the post of Chancellor had little power. However, not long afterwards the Reichstag was burned (quite possibly by the Nazis, but nobody knows who was really responsible) and the Nazis took advantage of the resulting environment of terror to seize power. The Enabling Act which gave Hitler absolute power was passed with a substantial number of legislators banned from participating, and the rest voted under explicit thread by armed Nazi troops.