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Re:South Korea's Democracy Saved Itself (2024) by paulryanrogers on Friday January 24, 2025 @07:20AM (#42812411)
Hitler was elected. Putin was elected, and supposedly is still being elected.
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Re:South Korea's Democracy Saved Itself (2024) by taejo on Friday January 24, 2025 @07:43AM (#42812563)
Just a technical nitpick: Hitler was appointed by President Hindenburg, not directly elected. However Hindenburg was directly elected and Hitler was leader of the party that received the most votes (though still a minority).
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