Also, Hitler had to declare a state if emergency to gain the absolute power the Supreme Court has just handed to the US president.

Suffice it to say, something lile this is impossible now in Germany. The justices of our highest court, the Bindesverfassungsgericht, can only hold the job for 12 years and can be no older than 68. They are also always equally voted in by two different branches of the government and need a two thirds majority for any decision.

Our democracy isn't without faults, but this is probably our strongest bulwark against another descent into facsism.

Hitler was appointed chancellor by Hindenburg. He wasn't voted in by the people.

The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. — Plato

Imagine having a political opponent you consider equal to Hitler and choosing Joe Biden as the candidate you run against him.

“dOnT cArE, nOt VoTiNg”

-hexbear

It didn't just take "Hitler's death" for Germans to be able to vote again. It wasn't a case of "oh look, he's dead, now we can go back to democracy". It took over a decade of political terror and violence, a devastating world war, and one of the most organised campaigns of mass murder and genocide in history.

So weird to think that that all went down in 14 years. 2010 doesn't seem that long ago.

If they survived that is.

Yeah, and he went away not because they voted him out but thanks to Soviet weapons.

This is not a shitpost.

The first NSDAP government came into being in 1930, in Thuringia. It toppled a left-wing government with a broad alliance of liberals, conservatives and right-wing extremists. Today, a center-left government is still in power in Thuringia, but in a tolerated minority government that is dependent on the votes of the other parties. In a few months, it will most likely be voted out by another one. The liberal, conservative and far-right parties are already using their majority to jointly push through laws against the government. An extreme right-wing party will probably become the strongest force and as such will be able to do a lot of damage, even without government participation.

There are already areas where only right-wing candidates are running and right-wing conservatives are the most left-wing option.

Perhaps history will repeat itself this year.

If they're trying to convince Republicans to vote against Trump then they've chosen the wrong argument.

That's just a bit over 3 legislative periods. Hardly enough for anything significant to happen.

Edit: Just two hours passed and Poe's Law struck again.

I’m voting for Joe!

So just 14 years, a world war, a holocaust, and an aftermath which still leads to new wars until today?

Yeah I think I’ll just be watching a couple of Netflix documentaries on Nov. 5th. Those are crazy, right?