> Isn't that just a comforting fantasy, though? Germans also embraced the myth of Hitler as a guy who just somehow hoodwinked everyone and made good people do terrible things.

Another way this observation is manifested is how out of nowhere you have countries voting in extremist parties and politicians.

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account42 5 days ago | parent [-]

"Out of nowhere" just like how the Germans elected Hitler for no reason at all.

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stickfigure 5 days ago | parent [-]

As a point of fact, Germans never elected Hitler. The National Socialists never achieved a majority, and their share of the vote had been decreasing over successive elections.

Hitler was appointed to the chancellorship by senior political leaders (the president and the former chancellor) who thought they could control him. Unfortunately Germany at the time embraced the "unitary executive" theory of government.

We all know how that worked out.

	▲	naijaboiler 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		No single human is smart enough to manage unitary executive an optimal long term form of government
	▲	theoreticalmal 5 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The German people certainly elected the coalition government, which the NSDAP was the leader of. You’re completely correct about the conservatives and others thinking they could control Hitler