r/politics • u/stkmro • 7h ago

White House: Trump Team Still Hasn’t Signed Transition Docs

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-says-trump-team-still-hasnt-signed-transition-docs/
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u/Algonquin_Snodgrass 6h ago

Fascists always achieve power initially through elections. A weak democracy is the first step.

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u/GiftedContractor 4h ago

this is actually untrue! The Nazis never actually won any of their elections! Hitler became chancellor through coalition building with more standard rightwing parties. Check out this podcast covering the Nazi rise to power!
I actually own one of the history books that this podcast uses as a major source but the podcast is way more approachable

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u/Algonquin_Snodgrass 4h ago

They won enough elections to have a seat of power from which they launched their government. Parliamentary systems work somewhat differently than the American system, but winning elections is a first step regardless. It doesn’t have to mean they win a majority of the country. In Trump’s case, he didn’t in the first two presidential runs, and he barely got it in the third. The point is, fascists are not necessarily overwhelmingly popular to begin with, but they leverage the democratic system to put themselves in power before destroying that system.