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Authoritarianism vs. Democracy

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The Enabling of the Berlin Wall

Berlin's parliament building was the scene of a deadly fire in 1933. The Nazis blamed it on a Dutch communist and used it to pass an act giving Hitler dictatorial powers. 90 years ago today, as we're speaking, Germany voted itself out of power. "I think there's some lessons from that looking at what we're dealing with down in the United States"

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