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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by XorNot on Monday February 03, 2025 @03:22PM (#42922501)
Hitler was duly elected. It took 54 days from the time he took power to end democracy in Germany.
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by watwut on Monday February 03, 2025 @03:30PM (#42922617)
This will be downvoted, but it is mostly true. Altrough that election was highly violent, there was large suppression going on.
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by immibis on Monday February 03, 2025 @03:25PM (#42922545)
I don't think you're allowed to say that on Hacker News.
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by technothrasher on Monday February 03, 2025 @06:44PM (#42925039)
Hitler wasn't elected, he was appointed chancellor by Hindenburg. He then used the Reichstag Fire Decree to arrest the opposition to his Enabling Act, guaranteeing it's passage and solidifying his hold on power.
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by ceejayoz on Monday February 03, 2025 @07:55PM (#42925855)
That’s some careful hair splitting.

He was legally placed in the role by the democratically available processes in place after his party won significant seats in several elections.

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