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Hitler was not democratically elected first off. He was appointed.. He was appointed Chancellor of Germany. Hitler rose to power through the Nazi Party and used intimidation and try to put him in a position of power. In 1933, under pressure from the Nazi Party and the ineptitude of his own subordinates to deal with Hitler, President Hindenberg appointed Hitler as Chancellor.
Ok, your whole response is garbage. I will agree that Hugo Chavez hasn’t yet solidified his position as the permanent dictator of Venezuela but he obviously has dictatorial powers right now, as he made clear to the assembly when he called them little Yankees who can’t make any laws.
Hitler came to power legally too. Just because someone gains dictator power within the confines of the law of his land doesn’t mean he isn’t a dictator. A dictator, according to Webster Dictionary is “a person granted absolute emergency power; one holding complete autocratic control; one ruling absolutely and often oppressively”.
That pretty much sums up Hugo Chavez right now. The question is, will things change when his power runs out just before the 2012 elections or will there be another Hitler like emergency that requires his opponents to be jailed or his “rule by presidential creed” to be extended?
We shall see.
I wouldnt call it "garbage"? Is it garbage because you dont agree with it?
How is he acting oppressively? He does not have "complete control". He has control in like 3 or 4 sectors. Also which you would of learned from my last post is that these laws can be modified or rescinded by the National Assembly at any time and the population has the guaranteed right under our constitution to nullify any of these laws through a national referendum.... Also a law passed under the decree people have powers on deciding how to spend local development funds, the project grants self-governance under Community ruling.. Doesnt really sound like much of this "dictator". Also executive order much? Pretty much the same thing.......
Yea and on the Enabling Act see the thing is, that the Enabling Act allowed the cabinet to enact legislation, including laws deviating from or altering the constitution, without the consent of the Reichstag. Also and the Reichstag was mostly locked up in jail because of the Reichstage Fire Decree.... Also the people really did not have a say in this soo Hitler was pretty much put in to power by one person: Hindenburg.
Which US powers of the executive branch are you referring to? I'm having trouble recalling anything even remotely similar to the powers Chavez has.
Look, I will concede that Chavez was democratically elected but that was after he tried to take over via a coupe and was subsequently pardoned (that blows me away). The guy has total power right now and he has had it for years.
I really don’t care to research the POS anymore because he is rabidly anti American and I am an American. That makes him my enemy. I wish him a quick demise and hope that you come to your senses soon.
We will see whether he uses more Hitler like tactics to oppress any opposition in the upcoming 2012 election but my money is on Chavez winning something like 99% of the vote just like the elections in other totalitarian regimes always go.
can't really blame him, he's just repeating what Sean Penn told him.
I'm sorry unless you're a political scientist specializing in venezuelan politics I really think you cant take that and put it where the sun doesn't shine. Dictator my balls hes been elected only 6-7 times.
Saddam Hussein was elected too.
Maybe that's because it is totalitarian? just a guess.
Look, I will concede that Chavez was democratically elected but that was after he tried to take over via a coupe and was subsequently pardoned (that blows me away). The guy has total power right now and he has had it for years.
I really don’t care to research the POS anymore because he is rabidly anti American and I am an American. That makes him my enemy. I wish him a quick demise and hope that you come to your senses soon.
We will see whether he uses more Hitler like tactics to oppress any opposition in the upcoming 2012 election but my money is on Chavez winning something like 99% of the vote just like the elections in other totalitarian regimes always go.
By “supporters of the US economic policy” I assume you mean those who refused to support Chavez.
Sounds like what a dictator would do/say to me.
Still have no idea how you are comparing Hitler to Chavez.
National Ideological Police, tasked with enforcing the state-supported and imposed ideology; he has a national political police force - basically, brown shirts. I could go on, but that is sufficient to raise the eyebrows of any even slightly critical mind.
National Ideological Police, tasked with enforcing the state-supported and imposed ideology; he has a national political police force - basically, brown shirts. I could go on, but that is sufficient to raise the eyebrows of any even slightly critical mind.
Do you have a source for this "National Ideological Police"? Or are you talking about the newly formed Militias?
Chávez: We need police with ideology, doctrine -- a revolutionary socialist police - U.S. Politics - MarketWatch Group Discussion"The days of a police force that defends the bourgeoisie are over,'' Chávez said recently. "We need police with ideology, with their own doctrine -- a revolutionary socialist police.''
The president added that crime is caused by capitalism, and the solution is socialism. Police officers, he says, may be drawn from the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela...
But Liliana Ortega, head of Cofavic -- a human rights organization set up to defend victims of the security forces -- says the president's words set an "extremely grave precedent...in Latin America, the result of combining police and party-politics is well known -- the outcome is state terrorism.''
Hugo Chávez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaIn 2008, Chávez passed a decree designed to implement Conarepol's recommendation on the national police force, and the National Bolivarian Police (PNB),[271][272] and Experimental Security University began operations in 2009.
The decree has been criticized because it was negotiated behind closed doors, and did not follow all of Conarepol's recommendations to deal with human rights, and because "politicization of the force could undercut the goal of professionalization".[273][275]
Oh no they operate fine without a strong man... operate for the United States. :lol:
Do you have a source for this "National Ideological Police"? Or are you talking about the newly formed Militias?