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by zeth__ 3137 days ago
Which has nothing to do with the fact that the street battles between communists and nazis allowed Hitler to take 30% of the vote in two consecutive elections.

The left wins elections when it is the victim of violence, it loses when it tries to use violence itself.

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You're changing goalposts. If the right had not been willing to suspend democracy in the name of their own hunger for power, 30% or not Hitler would not have gained power.