'The WeimarRepublicfailed because its politicians lost faith in themselves' To what extent is this a fair statement?

... 'The Weimar Republic failed because its politicians lost faith in themselves' To what extent is this a fair statement? There are many reasons contributing to the failure of the Weimar Republic, not just the loss of faith from the politicians, although this did play a large part. The other main reasons are the problems that the Weimar government had, the economic problems, especially the closure of industry and banks, the break down of parliamentary government and a lack of calmness at this time from the people of Germany. The Weimar government had many weaknesses, one of these was proportional representation. This was initially meant to make Germany into a very fair democracy. However, it meant that there were too many parties in the Reichstag. Many of them were small and relatively powerless, they were also changed frequently. Proportional representation also maid the selection of a chancellor an extremely difficult process as it

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