The Life of Adolf Hitler

Let’s play a theoretical game for a moment. Imagine I handed you a book. Upon reading this book, you discover that the author had outlined specific radical policies they were planning on enacting as president of the United States. He wanted to do things like invade Canada to have more living space for the American people. He also wanted to do things like displace ethnic and religious minorities, and, essentially, recreate the federal government from scratch.

What would you say the likelihood of this person achieving their goal is? Maybe 1% if they’re lucky? Probably less? Well, what would happen to your percentage number if I also told you the person that wrote this book was in federal prison for treason. Sounds like a serious long shot now, doesn’t it? What’s this guy going to do? Break out of prison, start his own political party, and run for office? And then use his newfound power to implement these radical ideas of his?

Now, I know what you must be thinking. “Erick, that’s definitely not possible and could never happen in a civilized society like ours.” Allow me to say it is, in fact, possible. Because this has happened before. This is essentially what Adolf Hitler did in Germany during the 1920s, granted it is very unlikely.

Now, I want to be perfectly clear what this episode is: an honest attempt to understand the psychology and motivating…