doc wrote:Whilst talking about Nazi Germany though - how you do suppose the Nazi's came to power in a democracy? Was it overnight, or was it over time - and if so what different tactics were used?
Short story long: The Nazis were able to come to power by exploiting the flaws inherent in a pure democratic form of government as opposed to a republican form of government.
In the post WW I Weimar German Gov't there were so many political parties that no one group had enough members in the Reichstag to form a stable government. Trying to remember back 40+ years to my high school history classes here, so please be a little tolerant. As I recall the NSPAD, Nazi Party, only received about 15% of the vote at any time, but that gave them more members than any other group. The Nazis then went about forming multiple coalitions with other parties which gave ever increasing power. That power manipulation resulted in their getting Hitler appointed to the Chancellorship under President Hindenburg. The rest they say is history.
The writers of the US Constitution recognized the dangers of a pure democracy which is why they set up our government as a REPUBLIC instead. With originally only members of The House of Representatives being directly elected by the voters.
I've been asked: "How many guns do you need to have?" My answer remains the same: "One more."
