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backscatter712

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4. It's the same way the Nazis worked in the final years of the Weimar Republic.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Sun May 5, 2013, 09:44 AM

May 2013

The Nazis and their allies in the Reichstag would repeatedly cockblock legislation in the Reich stage from 1930 onwards. Unemployment relief for millions out of work due to the Great Depression? Blocked. Stimulus to put the economy back together? Blocked. Everything blocked.

The only way anything got done at all was when the Chancellor declared emergency powers, dismissed the Reichstag, and ruled by decree. Which suited the Nazis just fine, so they kept this state of affairs until Hitler was able to weasel his way into the Chancellor's office.

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NYT: The House Prefers Chaos to Order [View all] babylonsister May 2013 OP

No good can come from governing by chaos... kentuck May 2013 #1

Republicans love chaos. Baitball Blogger May 2013 #2

Sooner or later this will stop working nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #3

It's the same way the Nazis worked in the final years of the Weimar Republic. backscatter712 May 2013 #4