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Jack Yan (甄爵恩) boosted

In 1919, Germany adopted the Weimar Constitution. After its loss in the First World War and the abdication of the Kaiser, Germany formally became a liberal democracy and a parliamentary democracy.

Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution allowed for what Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben calls “a state of exception.” In an emergency, the article allowed the German president to unilaterally direct the military to do whatever he felt necessary to restore order, including the indefinite suspension of fundamental rights articulated elsewhere in the constitution.

In 1933, Hitler—having been appointed as chancellor despite not having won an election—persuaded President Paul von Hindenburg to issue a decree, per Article 48 of the constitution, suspending most constitutional rights.

This was the first of *many perfectly legal steps* that Hitler undertook to transform Germany into a totalitarian state.




Jack Yan (甄爵恩) boosted

Manchmal will man ja zurück in die Vergangenheit reisen. Zum Beispiel in das Jahr 2015.

In den USA war Barack Obama Präsident.

Elon Musk war Demokrat.

Grossbritannien war Teil der EU.

Das Pariser Klimaabkommen wurde unterzeichnet.

Merkel sagte, wir schaffen das.

Die AfD lag in Umfragen bei 6%.

Nur so zur geistigen Erholung.


JonChevreau boosted

Please don't let the fact that to us sane people he looks like an ignorant, demented worn-out old man yelling at the clouds distract you from the fact that he's a dangerous fascist.

It is not a coincidence that he has dressed up in Proud Boys colors on the weekend of his Madison Square Garden Nazi rally redo happening on the anniversary of the Tree of Life Synagogue massacre.

He's once again telling his stormtroopers to Stand Back and Stand By. #ProudBoys

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