Was Hitler a evil person?
Was Hitler a evil person?
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The concepts of good and evil require there to be an absolute set of morals we must all follow. Since there is no such set of moral rules , due to the falsity of religion and our inability to know any possible god-like beings, then there is no good or evil and nothing has inherent value, including life. That being said Hitler was merely another life-form and was no more evil than a rock, a house, you, or me.
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Its different for everyone. People in Germany may have considered Hitler to be a great person, however people from Britain may not think that. In Hitlers view, he was not a bad person. He was 'cleansing' the world and Germany from all the useless people(jews). In his point, it is good. But as humans are always, everyone has bad and good. His bad side grew more because he was going insane. He started to get power, kill opponents, and got drunk with the concept of 'Free and revolutionized germany'. This emphasized his need to kill Jews. In todays world, he is considered a evil person. Back then however...maybe not.
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FreeThought wrote...
Evil in most eyes, a hero in others. I really can't think of anything else past that point.
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I think Hitler was messed up thanks to his childhood and that he had no conscience. I don’t know how he convinced himself mentally that the world would suddenly be a better place without Jewish people, gypsies, and the disabled and that killing these groups of people would be totally ok. I think that if he got his hands dirty at the concentration camps he would have stopped the killing. He did a good thing by helping Germany recover from the Great Depression but spreading hate was not cool. I don’t know if Hitler was completely evil though. I hope nobody is completely evil. Apparently Hitler was a vegetarian and hated the idea of slaughtering animals. Kind of ironic. I guess he liked animals more than humans. Don’t forget though, before you question if Hitler was evil you should think about Stalin. He killed at least twice as much people than Hitler. Moa is number one however. He killed around 45 to 70 million people, some believe way more than that.
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um..yeah i think he was. he killed lot's and lot's of Jews, and he knew it was wrong. Though i don't like to talk about it that much. It's a touchy subject.
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I find it curious that people are so vehemently opposed to the notion of good and evil verses actually evaluating whether or not a bulk of a man's actions, principles and motivations can possibly fit into the extremely open and forgiving notion of evil.
Lots of dancing around. Guy was worth opposing for reasons that stretch beyond concerns of mislabeling someone in the minority.
Lots of dancing around. Guy was worth opposing for reasons that stretch beyond concerns of mislabeling someone in the minority.
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He blamed the jews for the problems in the world and started a dark, extremely violent genocide. He wanted to create a "super race" of nothing but tall people with blonde hair and blue eyes which was hypocrytical considering he was short, had black hair and brown eyes, and was actualy born jewish himself. He did nothing in his reign but look down on and belittle others (gays, gypsies, and others.) Was he evil... Honestly thats all a problem of perspective, something that changes from person to person. I honestly beleive he is.
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Evil, yes-though there have been far worse (Stalin was far worse, and he was on the good side)
He used the jews as a scapegoat to bring his country out of the toilet, evil yes, but he was a genius when it came to creating an empire.
He used the jews as a scapegoat to bring his country out of the toilet, evil yes, but he was a genius when it came to creating an empire.
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ShaggyJebus wrote...
Any person who kills others simply because of their race, including women and children, is a bad person. Hell, any person who kills other people, including women and children, is a bad person. No matter how much good they've done. Taking a person's life isn't like spilling milk on the floor; you can't just mop it up and make everything cool.
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Everything what Hitler did for his country was actually for war. That was his plan from the very beginning. He wanted to exceed the power of the Roman Empire and to get rid of all the bolshevists.
some main arguments I happen to hear/read when people talk about positive points of hitler:
- There was no unemployment: Well yea, since everybody was working either for the military, the arms industry or any industry that supported the people working for military/arms
- hence the economy experienced a boom: well, d'uh - see above
- He built highways, infrastructure: All because he planned to go to war, he needed those damn streets
there is actually no good point i can remember that he did for the country just for the sake of it. all this points are meaningless if they were accomplished mainly for one reason - war.
And he didn't even care about the soldiers he sent to death - Even when it was 100% sure that there was no chance in hell to win the war he forbid his soldiers to leave and told them to die there. He killed men, women, children, disabled and gay people and many others in the most cruel way possible - and only for his fanatic ideals.
I visited a concentration camp in Germany and will never forget it. The pictures we saw, the lists of the deads (in this camp over 16.000 under 16), the ovens, the letters, the video material - anybody who is able to visit one of those camps will never doubt Hitlers cruelty and probably believe that he is the biggest devil of our century.
some main arguments I happen to hear/read when people talk about positive points of hitler:
- There was no unemployment: Well yea, since everybody was working either for the military, the arms industry or any industry that supported the people working for military/arms
- hence the economy experienced a boom: well, d'uh - see above
- He built highways, infrastructure: All because he planned to go to war, he needed those damn streets
there is actually no good point i can remember that he did for the country just for the sake of it. all this points are meaningless if they were accomplished mainly for one reason - war.
And he didn't even care about the soldiers he sent to death - Even when it was 100% sure that there was no chance in hell to win the war he forbid his soldiers to leave and told them to die there. He killed men, women, children, disabled and gay people and many others in the most cruel way possible - and only for his fanatic ideals.
I visited a concentration camp in Germany and will never forget it. The pictures we saw, the lists of the deads (in this camp over 16.000 under 16), the ovens, the letters, the video material - anybody who is able to visit one of those camps will never doubt Hitlers cruelty and probably believe that he is the biggest devil of our century.
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it depends on how you view his action.
let me ask you this: was a Abraham Lincoln a good person?
if so, then why was he assassinated.
no matter what a person does in there life, they will be considered a tyrant by some; a hero by others.
let me ask you this: was a Abraham Lincoln a good person?
if so, then why was he assassinated.
no matter what a person does in there life, they will be considered a tyrant by some; a hero by others.
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Fayte87 wrote...
it depends on how you view his action.let me ask you this: was a Abraham Lincoln a good person?
if so, then why was he assassinated.
no matter what a person does in there life, they will be considered a tyrant by some; a hero by others.
Assassinations happen for various reasons, some people assassinate for business reasons, other for personal, vengeance etc.
Hitler was evil, however, one has to keep in mind what happened in his past. If some bad events never happened, maybe Hitler himself would not have been such the bad guy that he was.
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Hitler may have been a very smart man. He also may have done a lot of good things for his country. But the fact is, he killed around 6 million people for very unjust reasons. I can't say that I know what is good or evil, but in my opinion, and the opinion of many other people, killing 6 million people is a highly evil act, no matter what the reason. However, if you can find even an ounce of good in anything that he has done, then by all means, go nuts! I mean, a good thing is a good thing, right?
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I always thought the main reason jews and others were killed was to take there possessions and work them to death was to heal the economy they blamed they jews for doing. I say it in the sense that it wasn't because the jews were removed from society but because they took their money and had a free labor force.
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Honestly. he was a tactical (evil)genius. He was smart to hold his own against most all of Europe, created military weaponry that were hallmarks of that period, and inspired an entire country to go kill a mostly innocent race of people. Also, he was vegan, a freaking vegan. Most vegans I see are stoners but this guy he had aspirations. Socially he was better than most. Honestly, if he wasn't insane he would of been an awesome person.
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well use your logic duh... Hitler in his point of view see that what he is doing is good for himself and the German nation. you see that it is good for you and for the people who supports you but what about the people oppressed and against you... Hitler was totally evil in the view most of the common people those say that he ain't evil must be a nazi or a hitler fan ...killing millions is not evil enough for you then i don't know what is evil for you and only a psychologist can analyse your mental state or a psychoanalyst will help identify your mind and all the repress fear and hate
