#GOOD THINGS HITLER DID REDDIT FOR FREE#
#GOOD THINGS HITLER DID REDDIT FREE#

#GOOD THINGS HITLER DID REDDIT FREE#

If you want to say that the election wasnвЂ™t quite free and fair because the communists were under some restrictions, fine. So the Hitler forces took 52% of the vote.

They were running in coalition with the Nationalists, who got 8%. The last free election in Germany until after 1945 was held in March 1933. But the fact is that legal, constitutional processes were followed in appointing Hitler chancellor. This does happen in parliamentary systems - unfortunately, in this case. True, Hitler was appointed chancellor in 1933 despite not having a majority, though his party was the largest in the Reichstag. Sorry, youвЂ™re wrong on the history, or at best splitting hairs. But it would be nice if seemingly well-informed people would stop repeating this bogus вЂњfactвЂќ about Hitler, so that we can lay it to rest once and for all. And frankly, I agree with this obvious point. Look, I understand the basic point that Lewis and the rest are trying to make with the Hitler example: elections can sometimes bring nasty people to power. Thus it is difficult to claim that these were вЂњfree and fairвЂќ elections. But this was in the wake of the Reichstag fire, when the government had passed an emergency law that sharply restricted the activities of left-of-center parties (including the arrest of many Communist leaders). It is true that after Hitler was already ensconced as chancellor, the Nazis subsequently won the March 1933 elections. This was the result of backroom dealing and power politics, not any kind of popular vote.

Hitler came to power not through elections, but because Hindenburg and the circle around Hindenburg ultimately decided to appoint him chancellor in January 1933. In the 1932 presidential election, Hitler lost to Hindenburg by a wide margin. In the final two free elections before HitlerвЂ™s rise to power, in July and November 1932, the Nazis received 38% and 33% of the vote, respectively - a plurality but not enough to bring them into government. The only problem is that this frequently-repeated вЂњfactвЂќ is simply not true. Nevertheless, in making his argument Lewis repeats what is supposed to be the argument-clincher against elections - the fact that вЂњHitler came to power in a free and fair election.вЂќ This may be surprising coming from the man whose theories about вЂњthe roots of Muslim rageвЂќ were a major inspiration for the Bush administrationвЂ™s democracy promotion agenda.

#GOOD THINGS HITLER DID REDDIT FOR FREE#

In a recent interview, the conservative Middle East scholar Bernard Lewis argues that the Arab world is not ready for free and fair elections.

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