Genghis Khan was Hitler, Julius Caesar was Hitler, Hernán Cortés was Hitler. Adverse selection in the political process often favors leaders who really enjoy taking other peoples’ stuff. Also, comparing some aspects of Putin to Hitler (as Kasparov did) doesn’t mean you think Putin=Hitler. Putin, thankfully, doesn’t seem to enjoy killing for its own sake.
Putin, thankfully, doesn’t seem to enjoy killing for its own sake.
Neither did Hitler. He always had extrinsic goals to be achieved by killing. Often those were quite admirable goals if you accepted extreme partisanship for the German people at the expense of everyone else. (Not always; he suppressed domestic opposition ruthlessly, but it was nothing in comparison to his treatment of non-Germans and no different from most other states at the time.)
Genghis Khan was Hitler, Julius Caesar was Hitler, Hernán Cortés was Hitler. Adverse selection in the political process often favors leaders who really enjoy taking other peoples’ stuff. Also, comparing some aspects of Putin to Hitler (as Kasparov did) doesn’t mean you think Putin=Hitler. Putin, thankfully, doesn’t seem to enjoy killing for its own sake.
Neither did Hitler. He always had extrinsic goals to be achieved by killing. Often those were quite admirable goals if you accepted extreme partisanship for the German people at the expense of everyone else. (Not always; he suppressed domestic opposition ruthlessly, but it was nothing in comparison to his treatment of non-Germans and no different from most other states at the time.)