‘Hitler was not a winner. Putin is neither." Russia will divide the 3rd Reich's “fatal destiny”

"Both Hitler and Putin were clever politicians that were widely underestimated"

According to the renowned American think tank Freedom House, democracy in the planet has been getting worse since 2005.

Unfortunately, Today is more like the 1930s..which makes many wonder why it went so wrong. Then Adolf Hitler was the top advocate of dictatorship. present it is Vladimir Putin. What can Hitler’s survey tell us about Putin and Russia today?

The key book on German politics from 1933 to 1945 is Der Fuhrerstaat (Führer State) from 1987 by German prof. of the past of Norbert Frei. It can be noted that as time passes, Hitler's and Putin's regimes become more and more similar.

Both Hitler and Putin were clever politicians who were widely underestimated. They began their regulation with broad appeals and consolidated power in stages. Both have ensured that the legal strategy and parliament become dysfunctional at an early stage. They acted hard and rapidly and utilized 3 sources of power — the popularity of the “street”, tough propaganda, and state repression.

“In his motivational speech against the Polish war Hitler sounded sorry”

The economical strategies of both dictators are besides rather similar.

Politically Hitler appealed to tiny firns, but as Putin rapidly turned to large businessmen (unless they were Jews). Both co-opted the oligarchs and did not care about tiny entrepreneurs. They gained popularity due to early economical successes, but did not truly care about the economy and did not lose public support due to subsequent economical failures.

The 1930s were a time of large regulation and protectionism, so early rationing and price control were natural in Germany. Interestingly, neither Russia nor Ukraine were forced to introduce rationing or price control due to the fact that the free marketplace and modern logistics function so well. It makes war more bearable.

Great businessmen did well under Hitler, so they did not argue him. The same applies to large business under Putin. These people have besides much to lose. Despite all the Allied bombings of Germany and their weapons factories during planet War II, German weapons production peaked in July 1944. Conversely, Western sanctions most likely won't halt Russian weapons production, although they can lower its quality and size.

In his motivational speech of the war with Poland Hitler sounded apologising: Poles were so terrible that they forced him into this war (gliwick provocation). Similarly, Putin claimed he did not want to invade Ukraine, but the evil Ukrainians forced him to do so. Frei explains Hitler's rhetoric that the war in Germany in 1939 was unpopular, as opposed to 1914. Presumably, the Kremlin had a akin knowing of the Russians' attitude to the war in 2022.

"In both cases, the thought of genocide as the eventual goal developed gradually"

After the beginning of the wars, the nature of Hitler and Putin's regimes seems to be convergent. For Hitler, ideology and propaganda have always been crucial. They are becoming more crucial to Putin. Hitler was delighted with the mythological thousand-year-old Reich, although the German Reich only existed since 1871.

Hitler was always an anti-Semite, but it was not until January 1942 at the Wannsee Conference that he announced that the goal was to destruct the judaic people. Similarly, Putin stated that Ukraine was not a nation at the NATO summit in Bucharest in April 2008, but late called for the elimination, or genocide, of the Ukrainian people. In both cases, the thought of genocide as the eventual goal developed gradually.

“Are we not seeing the same phenomenon today?”

Hitler and Putin have always had a akin disrespectful attitude toward their troops. Hitler declared himself commander-in-chief in 1938 before the war, and in practice besides Putin did so. Both considered their generals cowards and managed more daring operations. They utilized their wars to take possession of enemies and increase repression. War has become an essential part of their increasingly shaky legitimacy. Putin says his war is existential. Yes, most likely for him, but for Russia his war is harmful.

When planet War II turned against Germany since 1942, those who suffered defeat in the war, specified as Hermann Goering, the head of the air force, lost influence.

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German Nazi organization leader Adolf Hitler and Reichstag president Hermann Goering

The large winner was chief propagandaist Joseph Goebbels, whom no defeat from Stalingrad to Kursk could embarrass.

Do we not observe the same phenomenon present erstwhile Russian media exalt Pieskov, Soloov, Simonian, Kisielov and another genocidal propaganda — the more outrageous the better?

‘Hitler was not a winner. Putin doesn't look like him either”

German historians wonder why there was no fuss against Hitler. Instead, there was an empty resignation. Frei offers a credible explanation: “silence was not only an expression of boundless disappointment and bitterness; it was sometimes besides a sign of shame.”

Germany under HitlerLike most Russians under Putin's rule, they made many individual compromises with the regime, so they felt their own individual guilt.

A unusual origin of Hitler's legitimacy, which most likely besides refers to Putin, was that many thought that only Hitler had the power to end the war. I hear besides many abroad policy experts in Washington who think the same thing about Putin.

This simple comparison offers useful conclusions. Putin didn't think the war would be popular, so he introduced Russia as a victim, not an aggressor. He realizes the war is going poorly, so he relies more on propaganda than generals. He doesn't care much about the economy, but he trusts the oligarchs to keep their weapons production to the end.

Hitler wasn't a winner. Putin doesn't look like him either.