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Prison did in fact convince Hitler that armed rebellion was not an effective means to seizing power in post-WWI Germany. He had been jailed for the "Beer Hall P
by arbuge 10y ago
Prison did in fact convince Hitler that armed rebellion was not an effective means to seizing power in post-WWI Germany. He had been jailed for the "Beer Hall Putsch" in Munich, which had in turn been inspired by Mussolini's successful "March on Rome".
After his release he decided to focus instead on gaining power through the political system, an effort that was ultimately successful.
So prison "tamed" him in that sense, but of course it did nothing to reduce his political ambitions. If anything the opposite appears to be true - he wrote "Mein Kampf" in prison, which laid out his vision for what the German state should look like, including such details as gaining "lebensraum" - more living space for the Germans in the East.
- johnchristopher 10y agoYesterday I was in a theatre for a unique showing (at least where I live) of a documentary on greece's golden dawn party rise to power (they have 17 (18 at first) people in the parliament). Party leaders clearly stated that votes is the path to power and legitimacy. They know this and they use the argument in the rethoric: wer are nationalist, not neo-nazy or racists and people do vote for us. The fact they are neonazis... I don't see the connection with grabing power through elections (I mean, it's not a neonazy strategy... any parties can do that). But they read mein kampf. But again, I don't know how it plays out in their violence and their conceptions of the state. And yet the parrallels ar striking.