re: #163 Cato the Elder

Most well-meaning Germans of the Weimar Republic could not imagine such a thing, either.

Weimar Germany had several attempts at Coup d’tat’s before 1933… the most famous the Kapp Putsch of 1920 and Hitler’s own Beer Hall Putsch of 1923 (after which the Nazi Party was outlawed and when it was rebooted sought power through the legal process). People back then were generally very aware of how in danger the Republic was. The problem was not a lack of awareness, IMHO, but a lack of interest. Not enough people were interested in keeping the Republic alive…