A thought on absolute freedom...

[Gorgon]

Hindenberg could have used the veto power of the President more agressively, fight it out with the brownshirts in the streets. Insist that the rule of law be maintained. His name carried immense weight. If he had come out more decisively against the Nazis in the beginning, or after the putsch at least. 

 

 

Don't think he wanted to actually, he was hardly very democratically minded to begin with. He did consider Hitler a crude upstart, which he was, but he never fully understood just how much danger the Republic was in. 

[Ben No.3]

Yeah, Hindenburg wouldn't be the one to stop hitler. He was pretty conservative.

[Orogun01]

Hindenberg could have used the veto power of the President more agressively, fight it out with the brownshirts in the streets. Insist that the rule of law be maintained. His name carried immense weight. If he had come out more decisively against the Nazis in the beginning, or after the putsch at least. 

 

 

Don't think he wanted to actually, he was hardly very democratically minded to begin with. He did consider Hitler a crude upstart, which he was, but he never fully understood just how much danger the Republic was in. 

Hindsight is 20/20, people tend to see Nazi Germany as a whole throughout history rather than its evolution. At that given point in time Germany might not have been perceived as we do know. Although if current trends are any indication the US stays in bed with some unsavory characters if its convenient so lets take morality out of this.

[Meshugger]

Aside from the economical turmoil, there was also situations like these who were in fresh memory for the citizens of the Weimar Republic:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Revolution_of_1918%E2%80%9319

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg_Uprising

 

Two armed communistic/bolshevik uprisings threathening the lives of normal people, how strange that the general public was swayed to the right when the next crisis took place.

[Barothmuk]

Funny that you appeal to the sentiments of 'normal people' all the while condemning them for having the audacity to fight against the regime that sent them to be butchered.

Edited November 10, 2016 by Barothmuk

[Meshugger]

Nah, more to highlight that for each action is a reaction. People like to mention that the reaction of Clinton was a republican clean sweep in the house of representatives by the republicans two years later, or how the answer to Bush junior was the Obama presidency and the democrats getting the house and the senate. Point being, Hitler didn't rise from a political vacuum.