Historian Reveals How Hitler 'Dismantled' Democracy in Less Than Two Months

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53. Agreed...

But we'll never really know Hindenburg's motives.

Considering his age, relative dislike for Hitler, and Hitler's ability to appear humble at times (particularly when facing power in his earlier life), he may have (and Hindenburg's advisors) seen it as a way to placate the people. Not understanding what Hitler could do in the near future, could have played a part as well.

History is riddled with "exceptions to the norm)" that are difficult to explain. Hindenburg was exceptionally popular, and a decent leader, he may well have been trying to placate the radicals to some degree (shrug).

The odd part to me is that he had to know he was not going to live long, did he, or those around him, foresee that Hitler would combine the two offices and become a dictator?

We have a president-elect who actually stated he wanted to be a dictator. I would never, in my life, believe anyone who made such a statement would be a viable candidate for the highest office in the land. Yet (however we got here) danger is in the doorway.

I don't think that T**** is going to make it through this term, but I've been proven wrong, so I'm not going to count on that. As of the results of the election, I'm focusing on 2026, getting involved with changing the change to Congress to thwart whatever this moron plans for the nation.
There is no Teddy Roosevelt in the wings, it is imperative that we do not sacrifice our democracy to the whims of MAGAts.

History echoes, it does not repeat itself, but it seems as though it can. Two different governments at two distinctly different times are not capable of repeating things of the past. They can get petty close though, and therein lies a serious dilemma.
A compliant SCOTUS is the true danger.