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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

For the record, Hitler initially won power through elections, he did not begin the whole totalitarian thing until he was already the Chancellor.

[–] gravitas_deficiency 2 points 3 months ago

The signs were there before he became Reichschancellor. People just didn’t think he and his party would basically rewire the whole German government into a totalitarian cult of personality. And then we all found out the hard way.