(December 28, 2016 at 2:56 pm)Secular Elf Wrote: Hitler was elected by the German People, a small margin mind you, but he was fairly elected. We all know, or should know at least, how that turned out.
Hitler wasn't elected. He needed the conservatives to form a coalition. And the conservatives were eager to help. Under the false assumption that they could reign him in.
It's always wrong not to take a populist at their word and to think they could be tamed.