Andrea Junker Oct 6, 2024
Just a casual reminder that Germans who “didn’t bother to vote” in 1932 didn’t get a chance again until 1946, after Hitler’s death. — There’s a lesson there.
Show threadgehsteigerOct 6, 2024

@Strandjunker
And the Nazis received a lot of money from German industrialists before the decisive elections because they promised them exactly that.

"...no more elections for the next few years or even a hundred years"

Show threadChris 🤩 ReinbotheOct 6, 2024
@stehgeiger @Strandjunker Which in itself is kind of hilarious (if it weren’t so sad) — because the predictability of elections every couple of years is what makes democracies so stable. Authoritarian regimes have a succession problem.
Show threadgehsteigerOct 6, 2024

@phneutral
Absolutely. It will be "interesting" to see what happens to Russia after Putin or Turkey after Erdogan e.g.

@Strandjunker

Show threadFrank Heijkamp
@stehgeiger @phneutral @Strandjunker A power vacuum brings huge instability to a country and it's surrounding areas.
Oct 6, 2024 at 9:35pmWeb