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Originally Posted by Thunderball
I didn't mean arguing in an aggressive way... I'm rather enjoying the dialogue.
I think it all boils down to who one thinks is more responsible... the monster, or its enablers.
I contend that its enablers were not only the German people, but the Weimar Republic and the signatories of the Treaty of Versailles. Essentially, those that created the environment for a monster to grow. Woodrow Wilson knew it was a mistake then.
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Both are equally responsible. If Hitler was stupid and contemptible, it follows that the Germans who allowed him to exist were also stupid and contemptible.
Hitler probably came about in part because of Versailles, but once again, I don't see the link between that element of the past and the actions perpetrated in the Holocaust.