Was talking with my brother the other night. I was saying. I wonder if folks in nazi germany stood around and where like: This guy is pretty wierd and these things he is doing is wack. He talks like he is going to be a new kaiser or Charlemagne but his supporters are like. Oh don’t be dramatic its not the end of democracy.
There was large scale fighting in the streets between communists, social democrats and nazis. Unfortunately, communists and social democrats weren’t much more friendly to each other than to the nazis. Hitler was elected with about 32% of the votes - he never had a majority, only a plurality, but in contrast to how the AfD (a German nazi party) is treated today the other parties could not agree on a different chancellor.
That even feels more like today. Was able to split the opposition such that some sat it out and got a victory.