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  • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.mltopolitics @lemmy.worldDon’t Fall for the Third-Party Trick
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    3 days ago

    There’s a lot you can say about how broken US electoralism is, but using this as an example is just not accurate.

    1. Hitler wasn’t elected by people, he lost to Hindenburg in 1932 and was appointed Chancellor later.

    2. The Nazis who appointed him Chancellor had the majority, meaning more than every other party combined. Meaning third parties didn’t syphon the Hitler vote

    3. Hindenburg didn’t want to appoint him, but meetings with industrialists made him change his mind

    4. Hindenburg then gave Hitler more powers after the Heischtag fire.

    If anything, it’s an example of what happens when you reach over the aisle and compromise with nazis.