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    5 months ago

    Fun fact - Hitler was elected.

    There’s potential evil in everyone, born everywhere. It’s hard for most people to swallow, but it’s true.

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      5 months ago

      Hitler wasn’t really elected. His party never once had a majority vote. He got 30 ish percent iirc.

      He was nominated as Chancellor as a cop out to try and appease the masses which he had stirred up.

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        5 months ago

        It was closer to 40, but yes, he never won a majority nation-wide. Minority governments are a thing though, and he got the job democratically. It’s accurate to say he was elected.

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      Putin was elected too.

      Bwahahahah! Sorry, almost made it through with a straight face.

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        5 months ago

        He actually never had a free and fair election, as far as I know. Yeltsin won fair and square the first time around, but rigged his second election and then appointed Putin.