The myth that "Hitler was elected" is a dangerous myth

[Samof94]

Hugo Chavez, a better parallel to Trump, was elected and we all know how well that went. Venezuelans were leaving as early as 1999, in which he wrote a new constitution which held ideals close to Fidel Castro with an extremely politically lopsided system that gave his opponents severe disadvantages. He was overwhelmingly elected in a three way election where his opponents had just decided to give up.  I always found the tragedy of Venezuela a more relevant story for the scenario. The country had a dysfunctional democracy built around oil that had violent revolts known as the Caracazo(named after the capital city). He threw a failed coup and was pardoned for it. Like Trump, he made outrageous statements and both he and his successor have been misogynistic and hypermascule. Maduro once used a homophobic slur while saying he had a wife.