ColoNoCoHusker
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Thanks Knapplc!
Not to draw it out, but one of the biggest factors was hyperinflation and a fragile economy backed by foreign loans creating a lot of boom/bust cycles in the 1920s/1930s for Germany. Before Hitler came to power, Hindenburg routinely disbanded the Reichstag. It was barely a republic to begin with and a very weak one at best.
I think there are some fair comparisons between Trump and any fascist leaders rise to power. Hitler & Hitler's Germany, while the most sensational and well-studied, are not quite the most apt comparison. I would say Mussolini or Franco are more appropriate for comparison to this point...
Not to draw it out, but one of the biggest factors was hyperinflation and a fragile economy backed by foreign loans creating a lot of boom/bust cycles in the 1920s/1930s for Germany. Before Hitler came to power, Hindenburg routinely disbanded the Reichstag. It was barely a republic to begin with and a very weak one at best.
I think there are some fair comparisons between Trump and any fascist leaders rise to power. Hitler & Hitler's Germany, while the most sensational and well-studied, are not quite the most apt comparison. I would say Mussolini or Franco are more appropriate for comparison to this point...