Post by Syd 3.0 on Jun 9, 2007 17:11:13 GMT -5
icejedi5 said:
I do believe Hitler is a demagogue. He appealed to the anti-semitic believes that where pretty popular back then. I would say Hitler's biggest mistake was fighting the USSR. A two-front war, it got Germany in WWI. Otto Von Bismark Advised the Kaiser, but silly old Kaiser didn't listen. Otto Von Bismark, greatest name ever.
I disagree, I've read some of the excerpts from Mein Kampf and many of his ideas are clearly impractical- not what you'd expect from a demagogue. The anti-semitism wuz clearly not an act designed to gain public support, as it wuz not until after he and the Nazi party had gained power that he really started being up-front about being anti-semitic. Additionally, he wuz already known to be anti-semitic before he even started politics. During their campaign for office he and the Nazi party actually toned down their racism in order to appeal to the general public. I think Hitler wuz just insane. I agree that fighting the USSR wuz a mistake, though; Hitler probly thought he wuz Napolean, trying to take over half of Europe. He might not have declared war on the USSR if he'd known just how weak Italy wuz, though.