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Old 01-08-2011, 09:54 PM   #241
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch View Post
Mein Kampf wasn't what bought people to his cause. He was one of the last of the naturally charismatic devils, who could rally people to the cause by his speeches and the power of his spoken word.

I actually had a relative that served during the second world war, and he told me that being in his presence was like being hypnotized, his rage and belief pulsed over you like a pressure wave.

He also built his whole empire around disenfranchisation (If thats a word) and pride generating rallies.

I didn't think that his book was that brilliantly written, I compare it to a teenager raging against the unfairness of the world and spewing a 100000 word argument without taking a breath.

I did several papers in university on Hitler and the grand illusion.

There have been very few like him in the last 100 years.
I guess we will agree to disagree about the book but I too did several papers on him and I certainly agree that no one else except perhaps JFK has been able to carry on with their mere presense.
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