Why is the World picking on Hitler and Nazis?

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Okay, so I admit: I am an idiot, by definition a "person lacking professional skill". So I might be poorly informed, but nevertheless the atrocities of the Japanese Empire far outweighed those committed by the 3rd Reich. Big time.

Please tell me Mistyl: Why aren't there any movies about the crimes committed by the Japanese Empire?

Don't say "The Bridge on the River Kwai". Compared to Schindler's List it's childsplay.

Thanks for warning me that your post may be rude, crude and abrasive. Because it certainly was.

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There is so much stupidity here. If you weren't a Nazi-apologist troll I'd deconstruct it.

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Unlike the other posters, I'm not going to call you an idiot. Hitler was just a horrid person along with the nazi regime. I do believe though that he suffered from severe mental illness (he had to of to do and say the things he said and did). I do agree that there are just as evil, if not more who walk/walked on this earth. Such as Sadam Hussain, Osama bin Laden and now ISIS. I think Hitler is so focused on because the Holocaust was a lot of brutal death in a short amount of time. I for one am astounded that so many people followed him so blindly. To me, ISIS is our modern day Nazi regime and hopefully, like the nazi from the past, they'll be stopped.

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Defeading Hitler makes you into an idiot. $50 says this poster will vote for Trump

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Ok, so by your logic rounding people up and murdering them on the spot or in gas chambers by the millions for no other reason than their religion is humane?. Hitler was one of the greatest monsters the world has ever seen, him being taken down was one of the greatest things humanity has ever done. While I agree that Stalin and the Japanese military were also on the top of the monsters to be slain list that in no way diminishes Hitlers crimes.I guess the lessons of history have been lost on some.

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There's no denying that Hitler and the Nazis were evil. But why do most people consider them the worst? Why do most people consider Hitler to be the most evil person?

I'm not sure that most people think Hitler is the "most evil." It's not as if there's some kind of "Academy Awards" for evil.

Joseph Stalin was way more evil. Read up on him https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin. He rose to power by killing all opposition, even his own people. He regularly drove around town and raped any girl he wanted. He even murdered his own son.

Stalin didn't murder his own son. He had two sons, Yakov and Vasily. Yakov was killed by the Nazis after he was captured. Stalin was against any of his troops surrendering or being captured, so when he was told his son Yakov was captured, he said "I have no son Yakov." The Germans apparently offered to release Yakov in exchange for some German generals, but Stalin refused.

Stalin was also somewhat reclusive, so he didn't drive around town and rape any girl he wanted. That was Beria who did that. Although, since Beria was part of Stalin's regime, it's fair to say his evil could also be attributed to Stalin, since he did nothing to restrain Beria.

But yeah, Stalin was evil. Whether he was "more evil" is open to interpretation. I would say that Stalin's brand of evil was more cold and calculating, while Hitler's evil was more fiery and wildly reckless, bringing utter destruction and humiliating defeat to his nation. Stalin won, Hitler lost. The lesson here is that if you're going to be evil, then make sure you win.

The Nazis look like saints when compared to their ally the Empire of Japan.

Yes, the Japanese were evil too, but again, it's not something one can really compare or say that they made the Nazis look like saints.

So why is everybody talking about Hitler and the Nazis instead of even more evil people and regimes?

Possibly because our country is Western and more Euro-centric in its perspective. From a Western European point of view, Hitler was the more dangerous and immediate threat. For right or wrong, Stalin was our ally. The geopolitics leading up to WW2 were a bit complicated - it would take too long to explain. But in a nutshell, Germany was seen as the major threat to the world balance of power. Russia was seen as isolated and weak, due to their debacle against the Japanese in 1905 and their poor showing in WW1 against Germany. Japan was far too distant to be any kind of serious threat to America or Europe, and as long as they left European possessions in Asia alone, nobody really cared what they did in China. We sided with the Japanese during the Boxer Rebellion and Teddy Roosevelt even quietly rooted for them against the Russians in 1905, as did the British, since they were more worried about Russian expansion into Asia than they were about Japanese expansion.

It wasn't until after WW2 that the geopolitical situation and our perspective on it had to change. We needed to rebuild Germany and Japan and reshape them as Western allies against the Soviets, who were now much more powerful and dangerous than they ever were before. We allowed Japan to keep their Emperor because we needed their goodwill and cooperation against the Soviets. Hitler and the Nazis were singled out and considered separate from the so-called "good Germans" who were essentially let off the hook, because we also needed a strong West Germany (and Italy) against a perceived Soviet threat.

We Westerners have been pretty evil ourselves, so do you think that any of our leaders seriously cared about who was "more evil"? It's all politics. I've heard it said that Hitler gave a good name to war, since his name is evoked whenever our politicians want to go to war. Saddam Hussein was "just like Hitler" according to Bush. To be "just like Hitler" or "just like Nazis" is to be associated with the ultimate evil in people's minds. Today's Germans aren't offended by that, since it's not a direct slam on their nationality, only on a political party which is banned in that country. If we did the same thing with the Japanese and Hirohito, the Japanese of today would get offended, and this may cause a rift between our countries. Likewise, any demonization of Stalin would be politically complicated, since Stalin was our ally. So that also gets toned down.

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