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CMV: Hitler was a smart leader, and was just a really bad person.

I constantly get into a disagreement with people who feel I am a Hitler sympathizer when I state that I feel that hitler was a smart person. They go on to say that how could I think that, he killed so many people and held such nasty views. That's not the point I'm debating. I feel that he was a very charismatic leader which has been stated in many documentaries and how he had to have been very intelligent to rise to the top during such a rough time in German history. Most of my defense for my thinking is that he was able to take a war torn country and bring it back better than what it was by his leadership. German inflation was crazy high; they were burning money cause it was worthless. They had so many sanctions put on them after the First World War to make it almost impossible to move in Germany. Yet despite all the negatives Hitler was able to bring Germany back to a world powerhouse at the time. Again I'm not saying the man was right in any way, but that he was a smart intelligent leader. Except for trying to invade Russia, he kind of messed up there.


Edit: just wanted to say my view has changed quite a bit thanks to the informative discussion a lot of y'all were able to have. I really appreciated the people talking deeper into the economic and military side of the subject and German view during that time. It gave me a better understanding from people with a lot more knowledge on the subject. I mainly feel like he was just a proficient speaker who came in at the right time and had the right people around him. Again thanks for those of you who were able to understand my thinking and have a civil discussion and not feel I was saying Hitler was right for the things he did.
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Trying to invade Russia, declaring War on the United States, not destroying the British forces at Dunkirk, having absolute paranoid fears about the Jews, valuing political loyalty over technical competence, etc. etc. 

There are a lotttt of stupid, stupid things that Hitler did.