Fair...since I suppose this take is more about the rise to power of the Nazi party as opposed to post reichstag where, as I understand it, things spiraled pretty quickly. Hard numbers are suspect past that point as you point out since nothing was free or legitimate anymore but the most chilling thing to me about accounts of people who lived in germany at this time was how normalized everything had been and how little dissent there actually was. Honestly I'm just harboring and venting deep frustration with people like this who I know are deeply convinced they'd be part of "the resistance" when everything I've read tells me they'd fall in line....since that's what they're doing today.
Can you elaborate more on that? Now that I think about it, I don't actually know very much about how Hitler consolidated power, and/or how much popular support he & the Nazis had.
Hindenburg beat Hitler as President, but was reluctant to appoint Hitler as chancellor, even though the NSDAP won the most seats. After some backroom negotiations, he appointed him as chancellor. After the Reichstag fire, Hindenburg passed a decree, which gave Hitler more power, which he used to eliminate his opponents, mainly in the KPD and SPD. After he did that, he could easily get the Enabling Act of 1933 passed, which allowed him to override constitutional rights and pass legislation without parliament. Finally, Hindenburg died next year, and Hitler merged the positions of Chancellor and President into the position of Fuhrer, giving himself absolute power.
Basically, he was never directly elected, but he used the existing systems to give himself absolute power. He did nothing illegal whatsoever.
Does this person realize Hitler was not directly elected?
Absolutely not. I've been told countless times "so was Hitler" when argue with libs about Chavez/Maduro being democratically elected.
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Fair...since I suppose this take is more about the rise to power of the Nazi party as opposed to post reichstag where, as I understand it, things spiraled pretty quickly. Hard numbers are suspect past that point as you point out since nothing was free or legitimate anymore but the most chilling thing to me about accounts of people who lived in germany at this time was how normalized everything had been and how little dissent there actually was. Honestly I'm just harboring and venting deep frustration with people like this who I know are deeply convinced they'd be part of "the resistance" when everything I've read tells me they'd fall in line....since that's what they're doing today.
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Can you elaborate more on that? Now that I think about it, I don't actually know very much about how Hitler consolidated power, and/or how much popular support he & the Nazis had.
Hindenburg beat Hitler as President, but was reluctant to appoint Hitler as chancellor, even though the NSDAP won the most seats. After some backroom negotiations, he appointed him as chancellor. After the Reichstag fire, Hindenburg passed a decree, which gave Hitler more power, which he used to eliminate his opponents, mainly in the KPD and SPD. After he did that, he could easily get the Enabling Act of 1933 passed, which allowed him to override constitutional rights and pass legislation without parliament. Finally, Hindenburg died next year, and Hitler merged the positions of Chancellor and President into the position of Fuhrer, giving himself absolute power.
Basically, he was never directly elected, but he used the existing systems to give himself absolute power. He did nothing illegal whatsoever.