how many of you think this is still about Mr Floyd?

[Deesse23]

@ everyone who thinks dictators dont hold elections:

Reichstagswahl March 1933:

Hitler was already appointed Reichskanzer by Hindenburg. Since the same people who influenced Hindenburg supported Hitler and since the parliament (Reichstag) was already dissolved, Hitler was de facto in control of things in Germany (Hindenburg was >80 and had only one more year to live anyway):

Measures taken in preparation for this election: 

• Rallies agains the NSDAP were verboten (bye bye freedom of peaceful assembly)
  
• Communist and social democratic newspapers were verboten (so much for free press)
  
• Any advertisement (signs, posters) were removed or painted over with new NSDAP posters
  
• Bullying in many ways of any oppositional people on the streets
  

Does that ring a bell?

Next step:

Reichtstagswahl November 1933: 

• Communist party: verboten
  
• Social democratic party: verboten
  
• Other parties dissolved by themselves
  
• New law against founding new parties
  

Effectively voters could only choose between NSDAP and NSDAP supporters.
Nevertheless the NSDAP gained popularity, because the population applauded the removal of the different parties who "only had quarrels" with each other and the NSDAP, and with the big crisis of 1929/30 falling behind the regime was credited for the (inevitable) recovery of the economy. However Hitlers administration by that time was internationally isolated, last but not least since it left the Leage of Nations recently.

Does that ring some bells too?


Reichstagswahl 1936: Hindenburg passed away 2 years ago, and Hitler was chancellor and president, aka. had dictatorial powers.
Reichstagswahl 1938: Hitler was in power for 5 years, and will be in power for only 6 more years. Its one year before WWII. 

tl;dr During almost half of Hitlers dictatorship (1933-38) there were "elections".

Need i say more?