Hitler obviously thinks that the masses are below him. Kershaw shows many times that Hitler sees himself as much smarter than them, but he knows he needs their support and power to become successful. Which again points out his smarts. He knew that he had to collect a mass of followers, meaning he had to coerce them and cooperate with them, so he couldn’t show that he thought they were stupid. He needed them, but knew he had to make them think that they needed him. He brought up the idea of a sort of patriotism or pride, a national community, in order to get people to band together under his rule. He got people to look toward the future with this mind-set and see the way that racial purity could help them achieve this goal, no matter how completely twisted this logic was.
Hitler’s followers were insanely dedicated, and seemingly brainwashed. It was like his words were being spoken by others. These people were easily influenced, but with reason. They saw this as a way out. This was how to solve all of their problems, and Hitler knew that these people would be this way. Reading everything about him really makes me realize how smart he is, but how scary this intelligence can be. You don’t usually think of really smart people having and using this power for evil, but that’s exactly what Adolf Hitler did.
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