Exactly, though I would want to add strategy too. People may think that he was totally insane but he still managed to do a lot. Hadn't he gone senile at the end and screwing it all, the world today would have looked differently on the map. Not to mention the ideals in Europe where I live.

We shouldn't forget that humans can be the most cruel creatures on Earth making it hell for populations.

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I'm interested in it.
Didn't find it all that odd, there's a manga adaptation of Das Kapital as well.

Did you really just compare Das Kapital to Mein Kampf? Really?

Das Kapital: A man speaking out against the abusive labor system where men are treated like dogs by their capitalist employers. (Told when you can eat, told when you can sleep, told when you can take a piss.)

Mein Kampf: A man speaking out against an overarching conspiracy by the Jewish people to obtain world dominance. (I mean... really?)

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In my honest opinion, you can't say you are against something until you truly understand what it is that you are against; otherwise, you're just a hypocrite. Hitler's regime was a perfect example of how cruel humanity can be, but the man commanded an entire nation with only words. As much as I abhor his ideologies, I can't help but wonder what he might have done had he been brought up under differentcircumstances.
His is a story of horror, tragedy, and great lessons.

I think you either need to redefine what hypocrisy means or you didn't explain what you mean very well. Otherwise, following what you said, if I don't understand Hitler's ideology I am a hypocrite, which would mean that I criticize him but in fact I must share some of his ideas, even if unknowingly. But then again, to be called a hypocrite one has to think one thing and say the other knowingly, isn't it so?

I do not feel the need to study Mein Kampf meticulously word after word. Knowing the general ideas of this book I can confidently say that I'm satisfied with what I learned. Since I'm neither a psychologist or a passionate historian, I don't really want to plunge into Hitler's mind to know how he explained his twisted views or what made him have them. Knowing that some of the things he wrote there were actually brought to life, I would just get pointlessly angry while reading the book, wondering why so many people helped him to do what he did. And thus I end with this rhetorical question: does that make me a hypocrite?

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In my honest opinion, you can't say you are against something until you truly understand what it is that you are against; otherwise, you're just a hypocrite. Hitler's regime was a perfect example of how cruel humanity can be, but the man commanded an entire nation with only words. As much as I abhor his ideologies, I can't help but wonder what he might have done had he been brought up under differentcircumstances.
His is a story of horror, tragedy, and great lessons.

I think you either need to redefine what hypocrisy means or you didn't explain what you mean very well. Otherwise, following what you said, if I don't understand Hitler's ideology I am a hypocrite, which would mean that I criticize him but in fact I must share some of his ideas, even if unknowingly. But then again, to be called a hypocrite one has to think one thing and say the other knowingly, isn't it so?

I do not feel the need to study Mein Kampf meticulously word after word. Knowing the general ideas of this book I can confidently say that I'm satisfied with what I learned. Since I'm neither a psychologist or a passionate historian, I don't really want to plunge into Hitler's mind to know how he explained his twisted views or what made him have them. Knowing that some of the things he wrote there were actually brought to life, I would just get pointlessly angry while reading the book, wondering why so many people helped him to do what he did. And thus I end with this rhetorical question: does that make me a hypocrite?

Not really. That's a general statement.
Hitler might have written total and utter bullshit in that book, and even then I'll say it's worth reading. Books, like everything else, are tools. They convey message and information. If you say that you won't read that book just because Hitler wrote it, and you know Hitler commited horrific acts, I'll say you should consider the fact that you might be a hypocrite. But if you say you won't read the book because you do not agree with its message or do not like the facts it contains, I'll say you aren't a hypocrite.

For example, you say the fact that so many people helped him with his actions makes you angry; in your place, I'd try to understand what those people thought and felt, and make sure that even in the most desperate of situations, I do not fall to that.
Did you know that at the time of Hitler's childhood, in the aftermath of WW1 Germany was in a very dire financial situation? It was that poverty and lack of basic amneties that caused Hitler, and Germany as a whole, to become what it did, to do what it did. I would like to learn from that, and do all in my power to not let a similar situation come by again. And for that, I'd say reading that book might be helpful, if not necessary.

There are times when you will miss what you never had. I wonder how you will find what you so desperately need.