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Hitler and Germany wanted total war. They got it.

Agree. Seventy plus years ago, Nazi Germany embarked on a mission to subjugate the world, using the most ruthless and barbaric methods seen in modern times. Murder, terrorism, slavery, genocide, and off-the-charts cruelty were their calling cards, and they got exactly what they deserved, even arguably not enough.

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Hitler and Germany wanted total war. They got it.

Agree. Seventy plus years ago, Nazi Germany embarked on a mission to subjugate the world, using the most ruthless and barbaric methods seen in modern times. Murder, terrorism, slavery, genocide, and off-the-charts cruelty were their calling cards, and they got exactly what they deserved, even arguably not enough.

As a moral argument that only works when you assign absolute moral responsibility to every citizen for everything a politician does, openly or covertly. I think a little humility is in order when judging the members of the Hitler Youth. The Nazis invested in making membership “cool” - and they put serious pressure on anyone who thought to keep their boys out of it.

With all due respect, it is hypocritical to judge people in that situation if you haven’t resisted similar temptations. Hitler didn’t stand up and say, “Vote for me, I’ll make sure you torture and murder unarmed Jews.” In fact the Nazis made documented efforts to conceal the reality of their program from the public, in and out of Germany. And if you were in Germany, and had voted for Hitler, you would not want to know that you had elected a demonic figure. Any more than our “low information” voters here think they did anything wrong or dangerous. They will be in denial for a long or even indefinite time over it.