Well, first of all, I'm always uncomfortable to draw the parallel to the Nazis and to Hitler because that was of course far more severe, far more, you know, disastrous to the world. It is true though that, that Hitler took power through a vote. It wasn't like he took over government. He got a foothold and then he started to expand it through the erosion of the foundations. And so I think what we should take from, from that regime is, is a lesson again that democracy can be fragile and we all have to work at it. (33:20–33:35)
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