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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hitler seized power by forcing the German legislature to pass a series of enabling acts literally at gunpoint. Like armed men locked the doors and said "we can do this the easy way or the hard way." It was absolutely not a democratic process.

[โ€“] xenoclast 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah. In my childhood we did not get the subtleties of this. It was not taught. We just learned "he was elected". Another comment set me straight. Can easily see this happening in the states though