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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
With the Hitler photographs, the oddest thing is that he didn't look like a monster like we all know he is. He just looks like an average man, that is quite possibly the scariest bit about the entire photo album, it looked like the photos of any political leader at the time.
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Yeah, its scary to think that although the holocaust was an unparalleled horror, there are plenty of examples of 'leaders' rallying people into a genocidal froth...so Hitler (as a man) may be more average/common than we would like to think.
All the more reason to remember what happened and to encourage diversity and non-conformity.
Eric Fromm's Escape From Freedom is an interesting read.