Hindenburg did that because the Nazi party won what was essentially Congress with the most seats, just like how the Republicans are going to control Congress at some point in the next two years and currently control all your courts and have manipulated every state and local district. The US is a crisis away from an anti democratic takeover regardless of who wins in November.
Nazis don’t care about democracy and will come to power if the material conditions exist for them to come to power regardless of your elections.
I was contending “Nazis lost the election to Hindenburg … and came to power anyway in 1933 regardless.” Hitler didn’t come to power for some amorphous reasons, but specific decisions by people in power. I agree that material conditions are important, but it’s so vague here that it’s meaningless and can be shifted at any point in this discussion to support your position.
The Nazis agitated support on multiple fronts including electoral politics. Hindenburg surrounded himself with other military conservative and as conditions in the streets continued to worse economically and support swung to the nsdap, they urged him to give support to Hitler. However, the Nazis had won a plurality of the vote in every Reitsrat election starting in 1930.
Electoral politics alone isn’t the answer. Never was. Garnering support on the ground is difficult work.
Hindenburg did that because the Nazi party won what was essentially Congress with the most seats, just like how the Republicans are going to control Congress at some point in the next two years and currently control all your courts and have manipulated every state and local district. The US is a crisis away from an anti democratic takeover regardless of who wins in November.
Nazis don’t care about democracy and will come to power if the material conditions exist for them to come to power regardless of your elections.
Good call naming that disasterous blimp after him, eh?
I was contending “Nazis lost the election to Hindenburg … and came to power anyway in 1933 regardless.” Hitler didn’t come to power for some amorphous reasons, but specific decisions by people in power. I agree that material conditions are important, but it’s so vague here that it’s meaningless and can be shifted at any point in this discussion to support your position.
The Nazis agitated support on multiple fronts including electoral politics. Hindenburg surrounded himself with other military conservative and as conditions in the streets continued to worse economically and support swung to the nsdap, they urged him to give support to Hitler. However, the Nazis had won a plurality of the vote in every Reitsrat election starting in 1930.
Electoral politics alone isn’t the answer. Never was. Garnering support on the ground is difficult work.