I don't think he had autism. I think he was just absolutely convinced that he was working for the greater good. A lot of the worse things in history have been done precisely because people think they're working for the greater good. And I've always admired his ability to handle masses of people.
TheBrain wrote:
I know this is going to sound sick, but hear me out. I think that he may have been based on his intelligence and his lack of empathy for others, but if you were in his head, he may have thought that what he was doing was actually good. Remember he was trying to restore Germany to her former glory and create the master race. He thought that by doing this he would be doing good by getting rid of disease and low intelligence. Now, his methodes were obviously atrocious, but his result were astounding. He did clean up the German "gene pool" quite a bit. I am in no way agreeing with what he did, but if you have an open mind you can see the good that it did. Again, not in agreement, but I could see how a very intelligent person could do this only if they had no empathy; ergo, he may have been an Aspie.
I don't agree with what he did, either, but I do agree with you here. He did do some good. After all, for one, didn't he find the Volkswagon, so people could have cars?
Besides, he wasn't the only one who did such a thing. It's happened more times in history. I don't know why people focus so much on Hitler. I mean, Stalin, for one, killed more people, and for even worse reasons. And what about all the good Catholics during 'good' Queen Bess's reign, including her own relative, Mary, Queen of Scots? And, well, I hate to use this example, but what about the Moors during Queen Isabel I of Castile and King Fernando II of Aragon's reign? And yet look at what the good Queen Isabel and King Fernando did, despite expelling the Moors. If it wasn't for them, perhaps Spain would still be split into many kingdoms.
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