Correction - Hitler and the Nazis won no election to take power. He was *appointed* Chancellor on January 30, 1933 by President Paul von Hindenburg. Once appointed, Hitler and the Nazi Party dismantled Germany's democratic institutions with surprising speed: The Reichstag Fire (February 1933): The burning of the parliament building provided a pretext for the Reichstag Fire Decree, which suspended civil liberties and allowed the government to arrest political opponents. The Enabling Act (March 1933): Passed by the Reichstag, this law allowed Hitler's government to enact laws without parliamentary involvement, effectively granting him dictatorial powers.
On Sun, Jun 7, 2026 at 12:00 PM steven colatrella via groups.io <[email protected]> wrote: > > I do think Trump and his MAGA movement are fascist - as was Hitler's the > day after he won an election and so theoretically ruled a constitutional > state. Trump hasn't fully consolidated power because there is a lot of > resistance. > > Steven > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#41961): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/41961 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/119660195/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
