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by tpeo
3519 days ago
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Hitler wasn't democratically elected. The Reich Chancellor was appointed by the President. It just so happened that then president Paul von Hindenburg was convinced by people on his staff to form a coalition government with the NSDAP, which had around 40% of the popular vote. Point is that, although people often point to the Nazis as some failure of democracy, they didn't sweep into power by a landslide election (Hitler ran for president against Hindenburg and lost). They were strong, but nowhere that strong. It took a lot of political maneuvering and dirty tactics until they finally seized power by exploiting the Reichstag Fire [0] in order to pass two decrees [1][2] which essentially made Hitler a dictator. Furthermore, although Nazis were anti-intellectuals, I don't think that was the key to this whole process. [0] : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fire [1] : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_Fire_Decree [2] : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enabling_Act_of_1933 |
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