I don’t know the amount of times I have sat in history class and wondered how someone like Hitler could have ever gotten far enough in government to have that kind of power, but now I’m watching it happen live in the U.S and I’m terrified.
Thing is, Hitler actually did get Germany out of extreme poverty when its people were dying of starvation left and right on the streets, so - as much as I absolutely despise it - I can empathise with his supporters at the time on an EXTREMELY basic level. At the beginning of his political career, people were provided with the mental space to believe that he only had good intentions in mind. Now, where’s the historical justification for THIS?