
and as captain of the school debating class it looked more like ranting to me. Shouting and empty promises to a people short on hope.
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Sat 5 May 2007, 21:18,
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the mass public he was trying to convince wouldn't have been as impressed by a 'presenting your case' school debate type approach. he brilliantly understood the psychology of speaking to crowds and cynically used that to his advantage
of course, he was a despicable cunt, which makes it rather unfortunate that he was so good at it
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Sat 5 May 2007, 21:26,
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of course, he was a despicable cunt, which makes it rather unfortunate that he was so good at it

I abhor what he was doing, but have to admire the way he went about it. His ends were appalling, but his means to achieve them were perfectly matched to the result he desired.
Everyone always assumes that Hitler was shit at everything and evil and crap. The reality is that a little ugly man bloody nearly managed to conquer the whole world. Yes he was a complete cunt and I am obviously fucking glad that he didn't succeed, but I can't fault his public demonstrations.
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Everyone always assumes that Hitler was shit at everything and evil and crap. The reality is that a little ugly man bloody nearly managed to conquer the whole world. Yes he was a complete cunt and I am obviously fucking glad that he didn't succeed, but I can't fault his public demonstrations.

Why is it one feels the need to add caveats when discussing nazis - I can discuss racism with Mr H. with less desire to hide behind disclaimers.
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I think you fail to see my point. Yes he was a manipulator, yes he understood what needed to be said in order to elevate himself but at the end of the day his audience were already pliable and beaten. He was the one that took the opportunity, all I'm saying is he was not special, he was just the one that took the chance. He was undoubtedly the wrong person no matter how much he believed in his country. He was never going to lead his country to better things due to his mental state. He'd have lasted longer staying only in the political arena but a man who is mentally unstable, narcissistic and borderline schizophrenic is always going to fuck it up. Stick Parkinson's and syphilis on top of that in later years means he was as potty as your great aunt fanny.
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i agree he was unstable and probably prone to balls it up at some point once in power.
but in terms of the populace being beaten already, they were surely then receptive to ideas that lots of people tried to sway them on, not just his, yet he was the one who won their support. there was probably a bit of luck there, yes, and it needed a desperate population in the first place to countenance such 'out there' ideas, but i think he was more successful in taking advantage of people than almost anyone else would have been in the same situation
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but in terms of the populace being beaten already, they were surely then receptive to ideas that lots of people tried to sway them on, not just his, yet he was the one who won their support. there was probably a bit of luck there, yes, and it needed a desperate population in the first place to countenance such 'out there' ideas, but i think he was more successful in taking advantage of people than almost anyone else would have been in the same situation