Was Hitler an idiot?

[Terrorist]

He was right about the problems and even some of the solutions (say what you will about the tenets of national socialism...but they’re actually pretty good). His problem was bad strategic/tactical decision making to achieve his goals.

Could’ve done great things for Germany if he hadn’t invaded Europe. Of course, I’m Polish so I might be a little biased against that.

 

[ProgKing of the North]

(say what you will about the tenets of national socialism...but they’re actually pretty good).

Genuine question...how do the tenets of national socialism make my life better?

Like, I'm not a fan of getting kicked off Twitter for misgendering trannies, but it's a hell of a lot better than getting sent to a concentration camp because I criticized the government

 

[Terrorist]

Genuine question...how do the tenets of national socialism make my life better?

Like, I'm not a fan of getting kicked off Twitter for misgendering trannies, but it's a hell of a lot better than getting sent to a concentration camp because I criticized the government

You act like that's the only thing to it. Look at how NS aimed to help Germans instead of smite its enemies and get back to me.

 

[KimCoppolaAficionado]

You act like that's the only thing to it. Look at how NS aimed to help Germans instead of smite its enemies and get back to me.

No, you can't just say "but ignore how it killed all of its political enemies and large swathes of the population". Purging "undesirables" (political dissidents, Jews, homosexuals, cripples, the mentally ill or disabled, and "surplus population" in areas targeted for lebensraum) is hard-baked into National Socialist ideology. If you want to say "National Socialism was great and did great things", you need to construct a defense for the systemic purges and concentration/death camps.

 

[Mimekiller]

A fucking syphilitic retard who let Jewish banker paranoia open up the eastern front and ground his troops into a fine powder.

 

[Cpl. Long Dong Silver]

Hitler was an idiot because he just talked about exterminating the jews but never did it

 

[snailslime]

he may have been intelligent but he goofed with the wrong people, and pissed too many countries off

 

[ProgKing of the North]

Hitler was an idiot because he just talked about exterminating the jews but never did it

He did his best, dammit!

 

[B. F. Bugleberry]

Hitler was doin a'right being some sort of avatar for the far right zeitgeist, just observing and becoming a focal point for all the rage and chaos that followed the first world war. He could get people on board for his wacky adventures because he was giving them what their subconscious was always craving.

But then he stopped surfing the tidal wave of far right fun times, and climbed on the white horse of amphetamines. A rookie mistake.