[Franz von Papen voice] I can easily control this wild lunatic Hitler. let's make him chancellor. it will for sure work out well for me and my beloved Germany
Bombshell in France: Head of Les Républicains, the party of the traditional conservatives who long ruled France, just announced he’d accept a coalition deal with Le Pen’s far-right party.
Unprecedented in national French politics. It'd be a huge collapse of the barrier against the RN.
As far as I can tell von Papen was rewarded by the Nazi regime, was mildly embarrassed after the war but never substantively punished, and died an unrepentant fascist in 1969.
unfortunately, a minority of the voting electorate, which is ofc a minority of voting age adults, can and have allowed despots to seize power. they never were popular...they just did the bare minimum and let the power-hungry useful idiots do the rest.
