re: #238 Dr Lizardo

I’ve often wondered if Germany’s Nazi problem wouldn’t have democratically solved itself if Hitler had never ended up as Chancellor.

Given maybe two or three more election cycles, with the NSDAP consistently declining in popularity, the history of Europe could well have turned out differently. I suppose Hitler could’ve tried another Beer Hall Putsch, but like the first one, a repeat probably would’ve failed just as badly.

That’s an interesting question. I think so but the problem and I think why the Nazis ended up succeeding electorally is that they were united but the anti-Nazi Germans were not. The KPD(German Communist Party) called the most viable alternative to the Nazis, the SPD (German Social Democratic Party) “Social fascists.” And I’ll be damned if that doesn’t remind me of Bernie or bust or Jill Stein and the Greens.