
Shame about the whole world dominance thing.
The National Socialist party was pretty fucked up without him, he was reflecting a larger movement, I think it is important to remember that, whilst his actions were evil, he was not 'An Evil Man TM' but just a man (a very personable and popular man) so that we can remember that the terrible activities of his regime were not caused just by a freak of evil, but could easily happen again with another charismatic leader and an unfortunate national feeling.
Also, his moustache was shite.
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Fri 17 Jun 2011, 20:35,
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The National Socialist party was pretty fucked up without him, he was reflecting a larger movement, I think it is important to remember that, whilst his actions were evil, he was not 'An Evil Man TM' but just a man (a very personable and popular man) so that we can remember that the terrible activities of his regime were not caused just by a freak of evil, but could easily happen again with another charismatic leader and an unfortunate national feeling.
Also, his moustache was shite.

he also said "he was a fantastic leader" (which is true, regrettable as it may be) and "the national socialist party was nothing without him" (which is arguable, but has a good argument backing it) -- so he wasn't just some guy. i think the point is that without hitler there'd have been someone else and roughly the same thing could very well have happened. maybe not the rampant anti-semitism, but the expansionism, the war-mongering, and ultimately a war that seemed inevitable to some even back in 1918 when versailles was signed. (and jews were unpopular across most of europe, so the anti-semitism may well have come up too.)
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Fri 17 Jun 2011, 20:53,
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