The 1932 German Election
(This message directed towards the fringe "both parties are the same, bernie or bust, a cop isn't getting my vote" lurkers that might be around. Doubt it'll make much of a difference, but learning from history is necessary if we want to maintain any resemblance of a democracy at this point)
This was an election where Hindenburg and his social democrats ran against Adolph Hitler and his national socialists. Hitler lost the presidential election handily, but his party the national socialists, received a resounding gain in seats in the Reichstag of 123 seats, securing a plurality of 230 seats. The social democrats remained the second largest party with 133 seats, with the communists and smaller parties making up 245 seats, and deciding coalition. None of these parties wanted to cooperate in the forming of a coalition, due in part the thought that the national socialists and the social democrats were the same. Hindenburg had no other option but to form a coalition with the national socialists, which resulted in Hitler becoming Chancellor. A reichstag burning, Hitler replacing Hindenburg upon his death, a genocide, a world war and 2 atomic bombs later, I suspect the coalition parties might see hindsight as 2020.
In 2020, however, we have that history to learn from. We can easily avoid the mistakes of the past by not making the decision that both parties are as bad as each other -as one is increasingly fascist. Right now we have the full weight of fascism dropping in front of our eyes, and we have a choice to make -especially those in swing states: Do we let it?
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