Immediate Postwar West Germany

There were intense talks about which form the West German state would take during the Berlin blockade. Witness the form it did take.

There was a "parliamentary council" and a "basic law." In effect, a democratic proceeding that was carfeul not to correct the mistakes of Wiemar. A democracy that "always had the courage to destroy all those who set out to destroy it."

Such faith based democracy reminds me of a Soviet state. There were to be no more Enabling Acts, undemocratic parties could be banned, and so forth...

Clauses outlawing "rabble rousing" "antidemocratic propoganda" and "warmongering" nullifies any property/civil/workers rights. Pressure to integrate in the European communtiy alleviated the problems of this temporary government. Perhaps it was not the Weimar Republic, but Europe, which yielded popular support in the 1930's.