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His biggest issue was being a Fascist, and a bad one at that.
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His biggest issue was being a Fascist, and a bad one at that.
Hitler went out of his way to placate Britain. He considered the English Germany's Germanic brothers, and couldn't understand why the British government didn't act accordingly. Also, at the same time, he considered the British leadership to be weak and unwilling to intervene on Poland's behalf (which was understandable considering their previous actions). Beyond that, attacking Poland was an integral part of his main goals, and if that meant facing the British too, he was willing to do it.
I notice the discussion has moved away from exemplifying that Hitler was insane or irrational to analysing particular mistakes. I think this shows that he wasn't.
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This man says he wasn't (though really he says he was).
Certainly he was at the very least paranoid with schizophrenic tendencies as evidenced by recent analysis here.
Then there's inside-hitlers-mind/ and so much other material on this subject.
But judge for yourself:
hitler speech on the jews
Looks to me like he was a paranoid schizophrenic with conspiracist tendencies, but your opinion may differ. A lot depends on how much of this sort of material you can stomach.
edit: and look at this I just found on Crowley and Hitler. Amazing what you find when looking for something else. I don't know what to make of it, but it's probably not worth spending your time on it.
Certainly he was at the very least paranoid with schizophrenic tendencies as evidenced by recent analysis here.
Then there's inside-hitlers-mind/ and so much other material on this subject.
But judge for yourself:
hitler speech on the jews
Looks to me like he was a paranoid schizophrenic with conspiracist tendencies, but your opinion may differ. A lot depends on how much of this sort of material you can stomach.
edit: and look at this I just found on Crowley and Hitler. Amazing what you find when looking for something else. I don't know what to make of it, but it's probably not worth spending your time on it.
There's no point in denying that Hitler had psychological problems. His paranoia is a good and obvious example for that.
I just wanted to address GW's characterization of Hitler's foreign policy decisions as being based on erratic and irrational behavior, as if he was acting for "no reason".
I just wanted to address GW's characterization of Hitler's foreign policy decisions as being based on erratic and irrational behavior, as if he was acting for "no reason".
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Well, a lot depends on the period you're talking about. I think it true to say he became increasingly erratic and irrational. A lot of which was due to the treatment he got from Dr Morell, and his increasing Parkinsonian condition (possibly).
(If in fact Hitler really was Hitler. And not someone else with the same name. But I jest.)
(If in fact Hitler really was Hitler. And not someone else with the same name. But I jest.)
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His biggest issue was his insane anti-semitism
And we can see some irrational decisions that stemmed out of this, such as the use of resources and manpower to perform deportations which could have been used in his war effort.
His war against the Soviet's was ideologically driven, but may not have been completely irrational, the Soviet army almost collapsed.
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I don't think I agree.
His biggest issue was the "defeat" of Germany in WW1, IMO.
I think his anti-semitism was a mistake but hardly a deviant attitude for the time. And wasn't it part of the "stab in the back"? So necessarily part of the "defeat" paradigm. And didn't the final solution more than pay for itself, economically?
Illuminating is this sort of thing, that Hitler said about himself:
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This is all very well. But I don't think, in the end, the man himself deserves any of our time.
There was an ideological component to the invasion of the SU. But wasn't it of primary geopolitical importance tool? Oil wells in the Crimea, and all that.
His biggest issue was the "defeat" of Germany in WW1, IMO.
I think his anti-semitism was a mistake but hardly a deviant attitude for the time. And wasn't it part of the "stab in the back"? So necessarily part of the "defeat" paradigm. And didn't the final solution more than pay for itself, economically?
Illuminating is this sort of thing, that Hitler said about himself:
Link
This is all very well. But I don't think, in the end, the man himself deserves any of our time.
There was an ideological component to the invasion of the SU. But wasn't it of primary geopolitical importance tool? Oil wells in the Crimea, and all that.
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I'm not sure those field were discovered or developed yet.
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I'm a moderate, so this isn't too surprising.
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