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by skookumchuck 3044 days ago
The nazi party had their own private army, the brownshirts, that they used to violently suppress other parties and discourage non-supporters from voting. Once in power, the Night of the Long Knives was used to get rid of any opposition.
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Eventually, yes. It started out as just talk, as most movements do. Shame nobody suppressed them before they got that far.
They did. Hitler spent time in jail.
Clearly not enough.