Hitler's Failure Of The Weimar Constitution In The United States

The year is 1933: six years before the second world war. Adolf Hitler was just declared chancellor of Germany in late January. Following the Reichstag Fire, Hitler advised German President, Paul von Hindenburg, to write a decree nullifying many of the key civil liberties of the German citizens as a sort of “punishment.” Confused and flummoxed civilians wanted answers, begging the government to discuss the reason behind all this. Around this time, the Weimar Constitution’s new amendment gave the German Cabinet - in effect, Chancellor Hitler - the power to enact laws without the involvement of Reichstag. Hitler took this as an opportunity to preach his ideologies; and thus, he presents a formal dissertation promoting the bill at the Kroll Opera
To drag the German people to his side, he builds a sense of unity, while riling them up. He pits them against a common enemy when he states that
IN NOVEMBER, 1918, Marxist organisations seized the executive power by means of a revolution… They sought to justify it morally by asserting that Germany or its Government bore the guilt for the outbreak of the War… In consequence, however, these untrue accusations in the interest of our former enemies led to the severest oppression of the entire German nation and to the breach of the assurances given to us in Wilson’s fourteen points, and so for Germany, that is to say the working classes of the German people, to a time of infinite misfortune… (Hitler).
That’s one way to get people to hate another. Hitler triggers the emotion of anger and hatred in the public and directs it towards the Marxists. Anger is one of the most effective emotions that gives a reaction. Hitler realises this and uses it against the German people to fuel his own agenda against the Marxists. Hitler is practically preparing for war, making sure everyone knows what they’re up against. Claiming the entire nation of Germany is being oppressed is outlandish, but the people believe it because being driven by anger means being driven by impulse. Not to mention the fact that he threw in “working class.” One’s lackluster socioeconomic background easily builds up rage towards the more fortunate. Nevertheless, Hitler hasn’t
What good would Hitler’s speech be if he had no message—no point to get across? Hitler uses logos to rationalise his movement for the people of Germany. He described how Marxism leads to the tearing apart of a nation and the betrayal of the farmers along with the “betrayal naturally of those millions of masses of the middle class” (Hitler). By pointing out the flaws of a rival political party, Hitler expresses his logical reasoning for why the German people are on a path to a better future. He further captivates the attention and support of his listeners by capitalising on the credibility he previously established for himself. Hitler makes it especially clear which side not to join: “The splitting up of the nation into groups with irreconcilable views, systematically brought about by the false doctrines of marxism, means the destructions of the basis of a possible communal life…” (Hitler). The establishment of such a solidarity of views in the German body incorporates Hitler’s mission into their minds, making his message loud and clear in terms of retaliation. Hitler believes a German’s heroism is passionately coming forward to determine “the elimination of communism in Germany” (Hitler), as a purely domestic