JRubinBlogger
imagine just openly calling yourself a blogger and not immediately dying of cringe
at least pretend you’re a writer, have some self-respect
That monster’s name? Paul von Hindenburg.
Wait, what?
How fucking hard is it to remember that Hitler never won an election? It’s such an integral component of what happened in terms of even a lib understanding of “It could happen here”.
A lot of Amerikkkans think “democracy” and “electoral politics” are synonymous with the Congress/Senate/President model of the U.S. So they have no way to process how a minority party leader can end up being prime minister/chancellor. Thus, “Hitler must have won the election if he was leading Germany.”
I’ve even heard the “explanation” that the Nazis won a majority but not a plurality because Germany had so many parties, and that’s why third parties are a bad idea.
won a majority but not a plurality
I think only the inverse of this is possible