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[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 98 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How fucking hard is it to remember that Hitler never won an election? It's such an integral component of what happened in terms of even a lib understanding of "It could happen here".

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 62 points 5 months ago (2 children)

A lot of Amerikkkans think “democracy” and “electoral politics” are synonymous with the Congress/Senate/President model of the U.S. So they have no way to process how a minority party leader can end up being prime minister/chancellor. Thus, “Hitler must have won the election if he was leading Germany.”

I’ve even heard the “explanation” that the Nazis won a majority but not a plurality because Germany had so many parties, and that’s why third parties are a bad idea.

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 33 points 5 months ago (1 children)

won a majority but not a plurality

I think only the inverse of this is possible

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 9 points 5 months ago

Probably got the terms mixed up

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

third parties are a bad idea

Well, Hitler got rid of third parties. And second parties too.