It’s my understanding that the Nazi party was in fact not voted into power. It was a hostile takeover.
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sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Really hate to be the shithead here but there were a lot of people without Nazi tattoos who were goaded into voting for Nazis because they got accused of shit preemptively.
Yes I still blame them but yes maybe we should self examine that impulse a little.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Somewhat? It happened with the German people’s large consent, which fascistic governments are effective at gaining.
snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
It was pretty hostile but there was a lot of democratic process and the key thing was the ratcheting up over a good 10 years before they really went for power. They would take small pieces of power and grow their control incrementally until they had too much momentum for any other group to deal with them. Also some groups thought they could use them to their advantage and reign them in when things were sorted. They were getting the highest votes but it was a mixture of a lot of things and they pretty quickly stopped being democratic votes after the first few elections. Lots of propaganda, a large amount of coercion at least initially, some blindness and unforeseen consequences but a decent portion of the population supported the whole thing. At least that’s my understanding.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Minority, but a plurality. And then the fuckery and take over began.
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 2 days ago
Everyone in the PRC supports the CCP.
It’s because the ruling party is so good that everyone loves them unconditionally, of course.
PillowTalk420@lemmy.world 2 days ago
“You fucking Nazi!”
“What? I’m not a nazi! And to prove it, I’m voting for the nazis!”