I was studing history and one of my intruiges, is why Hittler is the apidimy of evil when others have done as bad if not worse. He must have something right for him to be worshiped by millions of people an entire nation. Today he is reviled but at the time he was a hero to his people. Is it just a matter of perspective? Was he truly an evil man? Many leaders have done as bad and are not as reviled. I mean we Dropped two Nukes on CIVILLIAN populations and got away with it. Stalin got away with murdering 50 million I am told. So why is this man the apidimy of evil when others have done worse? (by the way don't get me wrong what he did WAS HORIBLE. Also I am half Jew so I am not asking to be bigited but as curiosity of scociety)
2007-01-09 08:59:37 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Well what he did was racially motivated and that has to be one of the lowest acts out there.
Strange but true however he was one of the greatest leaders that Germany has ever had still to this date, as his way of turning a country around that was in the worst depression in history it must be said was quite remarkable, heroic even.
If anyone abuses their position of trusted power and chooses to mislead an entire nation based on their own bigotry and hate, it should be seen to being evil. The distinction of where you draw the line ends the moment you start building concentration camps and turning on the gas though... have a think about it!
2007-01-09 09:10:40 · answer #1 · answered by Glen H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While the Jews were the object of much of Hitler's hatred , he did not discriminate in his bombastic evil . It doesn't get worse than terrorizing millions and then killing the old or the young and treating them worse than we treat cattle before the slaughter . Countless handicap children were destroyed as inferior .Nazi soldiers were harshly imprisoned on a whim . He hung the good with the bad . There was no justice . Germans who didn't at least pretend to go along with Hitler , were ordered not to speak publicly ; or were imprisoned . Evil sadistic experiments maimed countless children before they were also slaughtered . Anyone who worships Hitler today is a mindless person without a soul .
2007-01-09 09:29:39 · answer #2 · answered by missmayzie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, Hiroshima and Okinawa were unfortunate, but tactically necessary. It ended the war and caused many deaths to be avoided in a long, drawn-out furthering of war. It is not something to be proud of, mind you, but a hard choice that in retrospect still causes debate.
Second, yes Stalin did some very bad deeds. There have been many despots in the history of this world.
Hitler is reviled so heavily because he set out to enforce a genocidal agenda. He hated Jews and worked towards their complete eradication from the face of the earth.
2007-01-09 09:07:04 · answer #3 · answered by zencherry67 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Epitome. The word is epitome.
If your theory is true, that he "must have done something right for him to be worshipped by millions of people" then the same would also hold true for Charles Manson, David Koresh, Jim Jones, Stalin and Saddam Hussein.
Just because some crackpot with horrible ideas manages to convince weak-minded people to join him in his horrendous activities does NOT mean he did anything right. It only means that he's fairly adequate at being evil.
2007-01-09 09:10:48 · answer #4 · answered by thegirlwholovedbrains 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hitler wanted to take over the entire world and exterminated people like bugs. We dropped two nukes on Japan to end the war that they started. Big difference. Stalin was almost as bad as Hitler though.
2007-01-09 09:09:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He was evil, but to say he is the "epitomy" of evil is a matter of who says it. Historians from the winning (the allies) will call him that, it makes sense. However ask Germans how they feel about it, they'd show you a different perspective. Using an example you used, ask the japanese what they think of the U.S. about killing millions of civilians, but that is just a sad fact of war. The saying "war is hell" is no joke. The truth is relevant, what you believe is the truth, Hitler was followed by many because he was a very charismatic person, leaders have to be that way.
2007-01-09 09:09:26 · answer #6 · answered by Frank the tank 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
K, were gonna put on our thinking caps now. Nobody said he was a bad public speaker. He was just a guy that wanted an entire population of people cooked to death in furnaces.
I will pubicly say that he was not nice. As for as Stalin is concerned, bad guy too.
Now here is what my question is? Why ask Why!?
2007-01-09 09:06:20 · answer #7 · answered by Rowdy Yayhoot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I presume you mean to ask why he is the EPITOME of evil! Pronounced "EPIT-TOE-ME"
Well, he was a fair artist, wrote a bestselling book, has great charisma, loved his dogs, made the trains run on time, built the autobahns, did away with unemployment, invaded a number of countries, caused the death of millions of people, mostly slowly and painfully. Nice guy! Gimme a break! And don't get me started on Stalin!
2007-01-09 09:20:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He who wins the war writes the history books! If Hitler had won all these dumb Fvck liberals saying how holy Marx and soicalism is would be saying how holy Fascism and Hilter was. They think they are the smartest people on earth, but, in reality, they are the biggest dopes.
2007-01-09 09:12:21 · answer #9 · answered by ragnar1002000 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's "epitome".
And Hitler is reviled probably both because he's relatively fresh in our collective memories, and he got lots of exposure. Stalin killed more, but we only found out about it after the fact.
2007-01-09 09:06:19 · answer #10 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋