Original sentence: Schmitt clearly favored a strong, even dictatorial executive, but it is an open question as to whether he was looking forward to the Führer regime of Hitler or backward to the authoritarian regime of Otto von Bismarck&mdash.Though some have recently made apologies for Schmitt’s conduct during the Nazi era - no such apologies were issued by Schmitt himself during his lifetime -, it must be remembered that, along with the early Heidegger, Schmitt lent his considerable authority to the Nazi regime, and played a leading role in constructing the legal basis that justified its seizure of power
Edited sentence: Schmitt clearly favored a strong, even dictatorial executive, but it is an open question as to whether he was looking forward to the Führer regime of Hitler or backward to the authoritarian regime of Otto von Bismarck—if we are very charitably inclined, it seems possible to predicate that he mistook one for the other.Though some have recently made apologies for Schmitt’s conduct during the Nazi era - no such apologies were issued by Schmitt himself during his lifetime -, it must be remembered that, along with the early Heidegger, Schmitt lent his considerable authority to the Nazi regime, and played a leading role in constructing the legal façade that justified its seizure of power