Hitler popular?

[toby19]

Ive always been perplexed by people who have admiration or support for hitler and nazi ideologies. is it ignorance? i cannot understand any support for such a horrific regime. 

[magicdice]

hitler did wonders for the german economy, bearing in mind we'd just had a war followed by the great depression. the holocaust was just a small part of the nazi plan (horrifically devastating nonetheless) he wasn't present at the meeting where the gas chambers were suggested. that's no excuse, though.

however i do believe that stalin was far worse, since he was responsible for more deaths than hitler and those were his own people - he had no higher (if fundamentally twisted) aim, he had nothing against the people whose deaths he caused, it just happened and he didn't care enough about so many people dying in siberia to bother trying to save them.

[KebabMeister]

I agree with andy hughes.  After seeing what's happening in the UK you can understand how Hitler got into power (though this was before the Nazi Party got extreme).

The sad thing is that if there was no Nazi party and no WW2 then technology today would be like it was in the early 1980s.  The advances in technology was immense and changed the way we all live.

[El D]

Much of the German economic miracle was based on horrendous short term measures and fallacious figures. Actually I got hold of some archive footage of Hitler last week, one of his speeches. Tremendous stuff, very powerful, I do admire his oratory because it literally brainwashed a country.

That said, most of the puppets who claim to support his ideology probably haven;t read Mein Kampf and don't know about the Learned Elders of Zion . . .etc

[Gevs1966]

I think that is slightly off the mark as German technology was in a more developed and superior state to British technology even before the war.

Hitlers political party's selling point was it's ideological views which, if everyone is honest, stand up to common sense and reasoning. The problem with was that the implementation of such ideological policies is completely impractical without crossing the line into fascism/racism.

The Nazi party's methods were dispicable don't get me wrong but at the very start of it all everyone bought into these ideological policies because they made sense.

[samz90]

At the time Hitler was considered one of the best public speakers, plus the fact that people were bombarded with propaganda and did'nt really have a choice. The gestapo were spying and watching people etc etc. Plus Hitler had one of the best propagandists Joseph Goebbels. He was one of the most important influential people in Germany. So you can see why they were supported.

[themodgrover]

The appeal of the nazis resided originally in the terrible state of German society and its economy during the weimar republic period. The nazi's promised (and for a few years, partially delivered) national 'rebirth'; jobs, security, stability. Also, German pride was deeply wounded by WW1 and the nazi movement (it was fundamentally a movement) restored national pride and dignity through a mix of myth and magic. 

Also nazism was innately self destructive, (see Hitler's 'burnt earth' policy towards the end of WW2)  so it holds appeal to narrasicistic and nilistic personalities who crave romantic glory and/or death. Obviously, it is synomous with extreme nationalism so its banner can represent a certian strength of feeling.

Hope that helps you out!