>The horrible thing was how the non-nazi politicians all caved so quickly in giving Hitler unchecked power especially with the enabling acts in 1933. How can a dictator get power so easily? The only ones that went down on principle were the leftist social democrats!
It happened because Weimar Germany was a disaster. Children where bought and sold for sex in the streets, the middle class was being crushed by bankers and crooked politicians, and the birth rate had dropped to almost nothing because people saw no future. A lot like modern America.
That’s all true, but the % of the vote for the Nazis was not overwhelming despite being the largest party with legislative power. You do have a point regarding here especially with helping elect dictator Obama.