Quote from: HuDaFuK on Mar 15, 2016, 08:40:35 AM
Quote from: whiterabbit on Mar 15, 2016, 12:58:59 AMIf they had ignored him he would have went away too; instead they gave him the keys to the car and said "you think you can do a better job than us".
Something people always conveniently forget about Hitler - when he first came to power he did a huge amount of good for Germany. He completely and utterly rebuilt a country that was still destitute after the First World War, turning it from nothing into a global powerhouse in a matter of just a few years. If he'd died in 1937 he'd probably be remembered as one of the greatest statesmen who ever lived.
Absolutely not defending him, obviously, but when people say, "How could anyone ever follow a psychopath like that?" Well, there you go.
You know, you're right. You shouldn't have to worry about defending the truth. However the one act of good he did was to tear up the Treaty of Versailles. Which freed Germany to rebuild itself. It wasn't just a single person. However it was Hitler at the forefront with his propaganda machine that took all the glory. Yet there were clear signs that something was not right in the Nazi party. German politicians however thought to themselves everything would work out if they gave Hitler an honest chance. Which is what I meant by giving him the keys to see if he really could do better. Unfortunately, they should never have given him the keys.
However yea, it's easy to understand how and why the Nazi party and Hitler came to power. It's also true that most people fail to realize that before ww1, Germany was among the most peaceful counties for the longest time. Unlike the colonizers and conquers of France, England, Spain, Netherlands, etc. I mean when you really think about it, such a peaceful and intelligent people got drawn into one horrible war by a lack of communication and a mess of treaties and then got coerced into starting a second war after being victimized by the winners of the first war. This should serve as a reminder to the rest of us on how easy it is to do bad things unwittingly and also on why you do not treat your fellow man like garbage just because you can.
Yet look at some of the people here spreading propaganda and villainy of their fellow man. Look at how easy we have it, yet so many people are truly mad about it, mad about something. Turn on the TV, you see the vile things being said and then to hear why someone thinks somebody is the man to save us.
Another thing, the war partially happened not because the German people were following a psychopath who rewarded them, it happened because they were rightfully angry at the unfair treatment presented to them by the victors. The war then got bloodily out of hand because they were rightfully afraid of what would happen if they lost for a second time to the same people who overtly punished them the first time. Perhaps this second time the punishment would have been warranted but thankfully a third party was there to step in. Or perhaps it was because of the soviet beasts over arching reach.
Ah well, it's never simple.
