2007-12-04 01:36:32 · 19 answers · asked by godfathermonroe 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Not in the United States, thanks to Bush and his cloning policies.
2007-12-04 01:42:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 7⤋
Always. As long as the possibility of dictatorship exists, the dictator can always choose to be as malevolent as he wants. In Germany, Nazi popularity peaked in 1932 when the National Socialists had about 1/3 of the seats in parliament. Their popularity was actually on the decline when Hitler seized control of the government. The Nazis never had the support of more than 35% or so of the population. That's all it takes sometimes. Once in power, there's a tried and true formula for dissovling Democracy. This formula typically involves the granting of sweeping dictatorial powers in the face of a "national emergency". In times past, the national emergency has usually been fabricated. A large percentage of historians believe that the Dutch anarchist who burned down Germany's Reichstag was part of a larger Nazi plot to fabricate such a national emergency. Kind of makes you wonder about 9/11, huh?
2007-12-04 10:40:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that depends very much on our willingness to learn from the past. Hitler and the Nazis have too much to teach us about the disasters they caused to go on being ignored the way we have been doing.
2007-12-04 09:55:19 · answer #3 · answered by robert c 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Given enough time I'm sure something along those lines is bound to happen. I'm sure the charismatic bastard will be wrapped in some flag or other and carrying a religious icon of some sort as well.
And the same crowd of butt ignorant hicks that fall for that stuff every time will be right there behind him.
2007-12-04 09:41:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Putin is running a Hate Campaign right now. That is how Hitler convinced all those Germans to vote for him.
2007-12-04 09:44:12 · answer #5 · answered by Mother 6 · 6⤊ 1⤋
It is possible, but whether that person can make the gains Hitler did is open to conjecture
2007-12-04 09:51:28 · answer #6 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, and look at how the UN, EU, and US have addressed genocide. We call them 'acts of genocide' and have limited response in places like Rwanda and Sudan and it was difficult to get a response in Bosnia.
2007-12-04 09:45:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wahhabism, the state religion in Saudi Arabia, has a radical Nazi-like worldview.
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2007-12-04 09:58:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The deaths attributed to dictators such as Hitler and Stalin (I believe) could never happen again at such a scale. So much is more open now because of technology. Facsist ideals (don't confuse with the persecution of Jews) are already happening.
2007-12-04 09:41:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Absolutely, all you need is for the majority of the world to look the other way.
2007-12-04 09:47:53 · answer #10 · answered by gerafalop 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Look at N. Korea and Iran. Would not be much of a stretch for those two to try it.
2007-12-04 09:43:52 · answer #11 · answered by grumpyoldman 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋