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I think I get the point they're trying to make, democracy had become complacent and Hitler gave it a common threat and enemy, but in retrospect... Didn't work out that great now, did it
It's difficult to quantify, but I think there is a compelling argument to be made - just off of my head, WW2 led to:
But also
And, albeit on a longer timeframe, Taiwanese and South Korean democracy.
It worked fine at the time, the problem is that all of that motivation to defend democracy was artificial, and slowly faded from the public as the war faded into the past.