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

Since this is posted on a shitpost community, I'll just assume it's not supposed to be taken seriously.

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.

This is not a shitpost.

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

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.

The problem with the left everywhere is they don't have the balls to actually take action. They all talk about tolerance and how dialogue should make people change and be the politicians language. No. Certain things shouldn't be tolerated. Fascism and nazism are two of those. Democracy is above anything else. If a subject is trying to undermine democracy or the institutions protecting it, they should be considered a national threat and dealt with accordingly. The problem is that the left is afraid of being seen as "authoritarian" so when a fascist comes and openly says they want to fuck democracy until it becomes a dictatorship, leftists just say "hey now, let's sit down and talk". No, my dude, we don't "sit down and talk" with a fascist. We punch them in the face and tell them "fuck you, if you want to be a dictator, you're a threat for our country and will be dealt with as a terrorist". 80 years ago, we argued with Nazis by shooting them. We forgot and now we're having them in our governments again.

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?

This implies that people care, which might not be true...

I’m voting for Joe!