Does it remind you of anyone?
2007-12-14 03:10:33 · 20 answers · asked by Guerilla Liberal fighter 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
yes, bush and cheney
they even use many of the same tactics, they learned well
define certain groups of society as non-patrotic for opposing unjust wars
create an unending war "war on terror" that has no forseeable end to it and use it to consolodate power over the people who elected you
use fear of "enemy" attack to take away the freedoms of the people
ignore the constitution and the checks and balances put into the government by stonewalling the opposition on all matters and destroying evidence of youre own misdeeds
rove obviously read "Mein Kampf"
big joe - yes germany was a democracy "Wiemar Republic" with a parlaimentary system when hitler was elected
after consolidating his power he declared himself "chancellor"
lets hope bush does not the same thing
2007-12-14 03:21:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
NOPE, he was never actually elected to be the Leader. Hitler became Führer (Supreme Leader) on August 2, 1934: he'd been Chancellor of Germany since January 30, 1933. Very technically, Hitler was never actually elected, but he did take power legally under the laws of the then-Weimar Republic, which he almost immediately abolished. Until Hitler was appointed Chancellor, the Nazis never held an actual majority in the government and the parliament. Hitler was appointed Chancellor under President Paul von Hindenburg on January 30, 1933, as part of a coalition government originally intended to hold the wobbly democracy together, but Hitler wanted no democracy and engineered things so that President Hindenburg was forced to dissolve parliament and hold new elections. Using violence and anti-Communist hysteria to their advantage, on election day, March 6, 1933, the Nazis increased their result to 44% of the vote, making them the largest party in Germany, but still not giving them an absolute majority. Nevertheless, continuing to use violence or the threat of it, plus clever political subterfuge, Hitler consolidated his power in the parliament until he had successfully, and apparently legally, suppressed all the other political parties. When Hindenburg died on August 2, 1934, Hitler's cabinet passed a law transferring the power of the presidency to Hitler as both Chancellor and Führer (Leader). In mid-August a plebiscite was held, and 85% of the people voted to sustain Hitler as supreme leader of the state, people and military. Hitler could no longer be legally challenged. But he hadn't been elected per se: he'd been appointed Chancellor, then usurped the power of the presidency, and was approved in place by that 85% vote, but the fact remains (and the German voters living at the time must bear the responsibility) 85% voted to follow Hitler to their eventual Götterdamerung.
2016-05-23 22:39:03 · answer #2 · answered by delphine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it does.
After the second World War, Germany was plagued by a high rate of inflation. Hitler and the Nazi’s saturated Germany with propaganda and campaigned heavily, hoping to win big and prove they had regained momentum. In the upcoming election, Hitler promised that if he were elected, he would abolish unemployment. Hitler told these people exactly what they wanted to hear.
One of the consequences of this was a rapid increase in unemployment. German citizens slowly gained faith in their government and began to find the radical solutions proposed by Hitler undesirable. ” The Nazis held thousands of rallies each day all across Germany. It showed his intellect, his wit, and his cunning talent for verbal manipulation. Finally, on January 30, 1933, a new chapter in German history began as Adolf Hitler emerged from the presidential palace as Chancellor of the German Nation, dubbed so by former chancellor Hindenburg.
2007-12-14 03:15:46 · answer #3 · answered by Maz T 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
In the first first it wasn't a democracy at the time. If I recall it could of been a socialist government over in Europe. So you can not make a mistake if it wasn't a democracy government. I could be wrong but I think I am right.
2007-12-14 03:17:35 · answer #4 · answered by Big harry 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Democracy is only as good as you make it!
Thats why the founding fathers wanted the voters to be educated and informed...and in their day 200 years ago, the only people who had access to books and newspapers...those who could read... where the rich old white men...like THEMSELVES!
Today, theres no excuse, everyone in America can read. A good example of what can go wrong...
How about the Palestinians? Are these tent dwellers informed and educated? NO! so they vote in the terrorists Hamas as their rulers=huge mistake!
On the other hand, you have the people of Venezuala!
Last week they rejected Hugo Chaves' attempt to foist himself on Venezuala as a dictator-for-life via the ballot box, and the people kicked his but!
Good democracy requires an informed and LITERATE voting public, and as we see, this doesn't always happen.
Yes, this reminds me of Slick Willie's second term.
2007-12-14 03:13:34 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
The problem is there are fringe groups and opportunists who see democracy as merely a means, not the ends. They pervert the system in order to accomplish their own narrow-minded agendas. One case of such abuse includes Hugo Chavez's "socialist revolution" as a means of gaining unlimited power; the election of militant Hamas in the Palestinian territories and the rabidly fundamentalist Christians here in the US who long for theocratic rule under their (dis)respective religions also serve as glaring examples of what can result when extremists are allowed to hijack political discourse.
2007-12-14 03:30:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Read "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich".
Of course Democracy makes mistakes. It is ran by people, who start out with great intentions, and then are corrupted by their peers.
2007-12-14 03:16:10 · answer #7 · answered by Lisa M 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Democracy make mistakes? Since when is a democracy a living or breathing force...try the people voting making the mistake, not the form of government itself. And everything happens for a reason. Not saying it was good or bad, but it happened.
2007-12-14 03:14:18 · answer #8 · answered by ppw1024 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
He wasn't elected....Jesus, don't any of you people read books anymore?!...or at least watch the friggin History Channel so you can pretend to know what you're talking about?
2007-12-14 03:34:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. And, Hitler used some of the same scare tactics as someone we know.
2007-12-14 03:15:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋