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‘It will be the end of democracy’: Bernie Sanders on what happens if Trump wins – and how to stop him
(www.theguardian.com)
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Like Hitler, who was democratically elected before ending democracy in Germany?
Yes, exactly.
Hitler wasn't directly elected. Hindenburg won the election vs Hitler for president in 1932, then later Hindenburg appointed Hitler as chancellor after nazis became the largest party in the Reichstag. Hitler got to work using nazis and other right wing parties in parliament to pass laws to give more powers to himself (using excuses like the Reichstag fire), and then later usurped presidential powers as well after Hindenburg's death.
But your point still stands, democracies have failed before and America isn't immune to that. It could happen in America too. And some of Trump's plans in 2020 and his plans for 2024 are very similar to the nazi playbook. They kind of tried to pull a Reichstag fire on January 6th by blaming antifa or the deep state or whatever crazy conspiracy theory they cooked up to try and distract from their failed coup.
no he wasnt
I mean parliamentary countries say their head of government, say their leader is elected, but it's just short for the "majority party has a leader". There's no requirement in my country for the head of government to actually have an elected seat, it's just tradition the head of the party has one. Usually if the leader has no seat, a member in a "safe" riding resigns and he gets a seat that way, or alternatively, appoints himself to the Senate. The person doesn't actually have to do either, head of government is a cabinet position, not a parliamentary position. Speaker and house leader cover that in parliament.