I don’t understand the appeal of a revisionist history that absolves the SPD of paving the way for Hitler. Doubly so a revisionist history that somehow, after all the sacrifices and all the horror, pretends that the Nazis could have been defeated with electoral politics.
The very basic premise just sounds like a revisionist re-writing of history to pretend the SPD didn’t have a critical role in destroying the “Good Future”. It promulgates the idea that fascism can be defeated with liberal electoral BS in what was, historically, the most stern rebuke of liberal democracy in history. I don’t get it. Who is this for?
Definitely has a weird bent to it. I was able to ‘succeed’ by militarizing the party, capturing the interior ministry and repressing the Nazis and building relations with the KPD. Sort of a fun time waster but like you say not very politically astute.