• knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml
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    17 days ago

    It's hilarious how most parliamentary democracies can and do pull off snap elections regularly within their 5-8 week deadlines, but proudly well organized Germany can't manage it with a two plus month warning leading up to the start of their nearly nine week campaign.

  • EmDash@lemmygrad.ml
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    16 days ago

    (Not so) fun fact: lack of paper as a big deal in the Weimar Republic. Small, independent newspapers went out of business due to high paper prices. This left space for the big, corporate, right-wing papers to take over.