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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
4. due to the treaty of versailles, germany had very tight gun controls before the rise of hitler. all guns were banned and seized in 1919, and only in 1928 firearm used was licensed, but very tightly (and jews weren't allowed to own them). maybe if the people had been armed the sa & ss thugs could have been stopped as they trampled their way into power? of course this is all speculation, but an unarmed populace is more easily controlled--hitler of course couldn't fuck with switzerland.
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yeah, wow, i seriously can't agree with that. hitler was indeed elected in a time when germany was struggling, and cleverly placed the blame on one group of civilians. certainly at the beginning of his power, most germans didn't intend at all to fight him, except maybe the radical communists. it was even the opposite: he got the industry on wheels again and gave them a road network that still exists. what they saw was the good things in their own environment, and the people they were made believe to be evil disappear.
this is quite one-sided of course and i'm sure there will have been exceptions, but it is crazy what the power of one strong political individual can do with a person's mind. hitler wasn't the first one who got a whole nation into doing crazy stuff.