I don't want to get into the argument at hand, but I find the history being discussed interesting. So:
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Instead it lead to them being murdered by the fascists.
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The KDP had been violently suppressed and had leaders murdered by an SDP-led Government
just 15 years before. While the Nazis were clearly dangerous for the KDP, I'm not sure it would have been apparent at the time that the SDP wasn't.
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A lesson there being that relying on the excesses of the right-wing to work out to the favor of the left is a dangerous game.
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Internationally communism came out of WWII much stronger than it had been before 1933. Not that I'm in favour of Stalinist communism or following any kind of strategy that lets fascists have power, even temporarily, nor was the result a foregone conclusion. But it's an interesting outcome given the point you're making.
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And I'd remind you, in 1933, Hitler wasn't "Hitler" either. He had committed no genocide and many dismissed his bigotry as rhetoric to rile up the rubes. The time to ally to stop him was before the 1933 election.
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The 1933 election was too late. Hitler was already Chancellor. The KDP was
de facto banned already following the Reichstag fire decree and the Nazis were able to form a majority with the DNVP. The KPD and SPD only got 30% of votes between them, and the proportional system meant that the vote splitting didn't matter. The time to unite against Nazis was before then.