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Godwin's law in action.

FYI, the Nazis didn't win in 1933, they got in power via a stalemate in parliament, connections, people who thought they can control them, hope and a bad constitution.

And comparing Nazi Germany to New Zealand is outrageously ridiculous.

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Wasn’t a stalemate at all, the turn out was 88.7% and the Nazis won by over 10 million votes

And they only had 33% of the votes. They were finest, but in a parliamentary democracy ( which Weimar Germany was to an extent), you need a majority. Because no credible coalition could be forms, it was a stalemate.

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