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gchamonlive • today at 4:47 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

  it's more common for a dictator to come to power through a revolution, military coup, or civil war
Maybe in sheer number but the most notable autocratic regimen of the national socialist party in Germany began with a democratically elected leader.

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tshaddox • today at 8:20 PM

Not quite. That guy was appointed chancellor by the President after his political party won the most seats (still a minority) in two parliamentary elections that year. He had in fact lost the presidential election earlier that same year against the incumbent who ended up appointing him chancellor.