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Hitler managed to get a 66% supermajority to change the constitution. The enabling act had 444/647 vote. It's actually much, much worse than people realize. They got 68% voting in favor of becoming dictatorship. Wikipedia enabling act.

The overcame supermajority obstacles. Pretending they didn't represent the majority is detached from history. Nazism resonated deeply in Germany. He truly got most Germans willing to follow him enthusiastically.




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