Why do some people idolize adolf Hitler?
Why do some people consider Hitler a hero
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MarmeeMarch · M
Honestly my take on it is that the people that see this man as a hero or look up at him basically failed or squeaked by every class in HS - history included.
The reason that he is admired is because there is a group of antagonistic people that know that the word Hitler is a name; when mentioned, will invoke controversy. The name is associated with hate and disdain by normal people. But you will [i]always[/i] have the group that has to be different, so they choose someone that is famous for all the wrong reasons.
A group that has or probably does not have the brains to read his book or take the time to know his biography. I am proud to say that I know very little of the man. And I feel that the people that think he is a hero - actually don't feel that way deep down either, they will argue on his behalf that he did this and that just to get a "rise" out of you.
When pinned down they will almost come up with the standard line "he made the trains run on time" , I Must say Germany's trains must have been in pretty bad shape if a little Jewish homosexual art school dropout could accomplish such a mind blowing task.
I think the question should be WHY DID THE GERMANS AT THAT TIME FOLLOW HIM and look up to him as if he was the second coming.
The reason that he is admired is because there is a group of antagonistic people that know that the word Hitler is a name; when mentioned, will invoke controversy. The name is associated with hate and disdain by normal people. But you will [i]always[/i] have the group that has to be different, so they choose someone that is famous for all the wrong reasons.
A group that has or probably does not have the brains to read his book or take the time to know his biography. I am proud to say that I know very little of the man. And I feel that the people that think he is a hero - actually don't feel that way deep down either, they will argue on his behalf that he did this and that just to get a "rise" out of you.
When pinned down they will almost come up with the standard line "he made the trains run on time" , I Must say Germany's trains must have been in pretty bad shape if a little Jewish homosexual art school dropout could accomplish such a mind blowing task.
I think the question should be WHY DID THE GERMANS AT THAT TIME FOLLOW HIM and look up to him as if he was the second coming.
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QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@MarmeeMarch Surprisingly on point 👍
MarmeeMarch · M
@QuixoticSoul 😒
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@Razorback They were not the most or least educated - but neither education nor intelligence had much to do with it. They felt pushed around and downtrodden by the post-ww1 order - with pretty good reason, while experiencing horrendous economic misery, hyperinflation, etc.
That doesn’t lead to the most rational outlook. Fear in anger in general don’t, no matter how smart you are.
That doesn’t lead to the most rational outlook. Fear in anger in general don’t, no matter how smart you are.
CountScrofula · 41-45, M
@MarmeeMarch
> I think the question should be WHY DID THE GERMANS AT THAT TIME FOLLOW HIM and look up to him as if he was the second coming.
Populist authoritarians are being elected all over the world right now. It's the same phenomenon.
He was elected because people were sick of the status quo and wanted a strong man to return Germany to former greatness. The antisemitism was absolutely a part of that but at the time, nobody was calling for the Holocaust.
> I think the question should be WHY DID THE GERMANS AT THAT TIME FOLLOW HIM and look up to him as if he was the second coming.
Populist authoritarians are being elected all over the world right now. It's the same phenomenon.
He was elected because people were sick of the status quo and wanted a strong man to return Germany to former greatness. The antisemitism was absolutely a part of that but at the time, nobody was calling for the Holocaust.