I wrote a paper in HS about Hitler being a great leader and nearly got thrown out for it and this was way before being politically correct was fashionable. Turns out the history teacher was Jewish and didn't like it very much. (I didn't know that at the time or I probably would have picked someone else)
I don't agree at all with what he did during WWII but he did make Germany a world power after it had been decimated by WWI. A great leader gets people to follow them and he surely did it. Does it matter if it's for evil purposes for this discussion? A poor leader sticks his finger in the air to see which way the wind is blowing that day in order to figure out what the policy of the day is. Great leaders have a vision and make it happen. Hitler surely did that.
I'm sure some people will take this post the wrong way but I in no way endorse the nazi's or Hitler. The conversation is about leadership and I do think he was a great leader even though he was insane.
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