Quote Originally Posted by Husar View Post
Are you saying that the CDU has armed thugs who denied the MPs of some other parties entry and were positioned all around the Bundestag when Merkel was chosen as chancellor? If not, then your comparison of "internal German shenanigans" today and back then is slightly off.
Hitler didn't become Chancellor using thugs, he because a dictator using thugs, but my understanding is that he became chancellor do to the stupidity of the other german politicians and because of their attempts to position themselves for advantage. Modern Coalition Politics is basically the same, thouth possibly operates in better faith.

And similar accusations arose in Kiev when the government had to vote after an armed mob had stormed the parliament and beaten up some pro-russian MPs and policemen. Crimea was different in that it (the entire land, not just the parliament) was effectively already occupied by Russia but yes, the vote also wasn't very free.
And those accusations were somewhat fair, but at the same time the President had fled and forigen troops had occupied Ukrainian land, and even then we must acknowledge that the CURRENT Kiev government was elected in what were democratic elections, except that the Donbas refused/was prevented from participating.

Quote Originally Posted by CrossLOPER View Post
Oh, so just more arrogance? Alright, well the word starts to lose meaning when you start to throw it around everywhere.
Pages were expended on why Putin is a Fascist - he's also the Classical definition of a Tyrant (someone who subverts the democratic institutions to maintain power.