If you belonged to a guild and lived in a cathedral town, it was a solid life. You were patronized and subsidized by a church, the guild provided help and aid. Things were nice. <span>The artisan in the medieval era had it easier than they would in the early modern era, where the nascent middle-classes crushed, bought church property and broke up the power of guilds.</span>
Germany had been blockaded during the war (the Allies didn't let food and fertilizer through), and many of its citizens were still starving afterward.
As a new democracy, German bureaucracy was rather inefficient.
These problems eventually led to Hitler becoming the leader of Germany (he promised to solve them, and he blamed the Jews for other problems), which led to World War 2.
At least 2 thirds of the majority has to vote in the amendment. Then the majority of the states have to ratify the amendment to make the law official