was hitler a great leader? bad leader?
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OK, I think we need to clarify something. There is a difference between being a good leader, and being a good person.
Hitler was the former. He kind of had to be, to get so many people to do so many horrible things.
Hitler was the former. He kind of had to be, to get so many people to do so many horrible things.
Hitler was a pretty good leader, but most of the good things he did were a prelude for the bad things he did later on. Ofcourse, it has to be seen whether starting a war is a bad thing.
His good works and there evil intentions:
- Autobahn; highways throughout Germany to speed up transportation, but also transportation of his army.
- Volkswagen: A car for every German, but the factories could switch over to tank building mode in a matter of days. (Also, he set this up with a guy names Porsche, who later on started his own car company)
- Stopping the economic crisis; again, with staring up a war economy, he got everybody to work.
And so on.
You can't look at the good things the man did without realising that it was all part of a greater goal: starting and winning a war.
As a leader figure, Hitler was nearly perfect. Mostly because he surrounded himself with good advisers. For example, his secretary of propaganda, Goebbels, wrote most of his excellent speeches. We may not think much of those today, but back in the 30's, these were the bomb.
But: Much of the appeal Hitler had amongst normal disgruntled Germans was the fact that he was about to clear up the Jews (first plans to deport them to their own state Israël, then deport them to Madagascar, and in 1942 the Endlösung or Holocaust). So is it even possible to dislodge the leader figure of Hitler from the deeds the man has done?
His good works and there evil intentions:
- Autobahn; highways throughout Germany to speed up transportation, but also transportation of his army.
- Volkswagen: A car for every German, but the factories could switch over to tank building mode in a matter of days. (Also, he set this up with a guy names Porsche, who later on started his own car company)
- Stopping the economic crisis; again, with staring up a war economy, he got everybody to work.
And so on.
You can't look at the good things the man did without realising that it was all part of a greater goal: starting and winning a war.
As a leader figure, Hitler was nearly perfect. Mostly because he surrounded himself with good advisers. For example, his secretary of propaganda, Goebbels, wrote most of his excellent speeches. We may not think much of those today, but back in the 30's, these were the bomb.
But: Much of the appeal Hitler had amongst normal disgruntled Germans was the fact that he was about to clear up the Jews (first plans to deport them to their own state Israël, then deport them to Madagascar, and in 1942 the Endlösung or Holocaust). So is it even possible to dislodge the leader figure of Hitler from the deeds the man has done?
The question isn't whether or not Hitler was a great man, he most certainly was not, but a great leader. He was an outstanding leader, he knew what the average German was thinking and then manipulated those thoughts. Not a good military thinker, but a fantastic leader.Closet Superhero said:
Of course! He was a great leader! One of the best who ever lived, but he just had the wrong intentions. He was also one of the evilest bastards who ever lived. As someone else has said, evil doesn't equate to bad leadership.
Dire.Karathos said:
He was a charismatic figurehead, but not a good leader. He was lazy, hasty in decision-making and slightly evil. He intervened frequently and disastrously, causing Germany to lose the war.
I think, he was a figure in a fairy tale like jesus in the bible - made for us to learn about good and bad.
