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The Nazis pulled a project 1932 immediately on taking power and absolutely obliterated every possible opposition within months of taking power through a wide variety of tactics. The gap between the Reichstag fire and utter totalitarianism was very, very short and in an era where information spread far more slowly.
They never won more than 37% of the popular vote (though it almost certainly would have been higher had there been elections later on and before the war, we just can't know the exact amount as there weren't any).
Well people looked at that and said, you know what, that's what we need here.
Or alternatively our other leaders saw that being planned and said, you know what people would like instead? The Status Quo! Let's run as the establishment as the only option other than Nazis.
History repeats itself.
Right. But what about before they were in power? It's not as if Hitler was some unknown. People knew or should have known what would happen.