421
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2026
421 points (99.8% liked)
politics
31107 readers
2325 users here now
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles. Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to US politics and contain quality and original content. Social Media adjacent hosts like Substack are allowed, but ONLY if they tie back to a company/subsidiary. No personal or friend group blogs and no self-promotion. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and re-hosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing other users of being bots or paid actors.
- No memes, trolling, misinformation, or low-effort posts/comments (including reposts). If you see posts like this that anger you, do not engage. Report, block, and live a happier life than they do. Any slap-fight is subject to comment removals. Fights full of rule violations will result in temporary bans to cool off.
- No manipulating votes via bots or alt accounts; this will result in permanent bans. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in an account ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be permanently banned.
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules and use critical thinking when reading, posting, and commenting. Users that repeatedly have comments or posts removed, weaponize reports, or violate the code of conduct, will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users. The reason(s) behind moderator action(s) are publicly available through the Modlog.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
Stalin got his start in the bolshevik party as a fundraiser. He robbed banks. Not with a stick up, not with safe cracking. He would roll up with a team, throw some grenades into the building, run in as the dust settled, grab the cash, then throw grenades around dthr Street the cover the getaway.
Stalin was a crazy dumbass willing to kill dozens of innocents for money.
Hitler was an Incel. His college roommate told the world about how he obsessed over a young woman for months, said they were fated to be together, but never got the courage to speak to her.
He carried a horsehip everywhere and hit people that passed him off.
He made people call him "Herr wulf" (Mr wolf) as a badass nickname. This is why his bunker in Berlin was called the wolf's lair.
They were absolutely fucking stupid.
Source: early episodes of Behind the Bastards podcast.
Don't forget how Hitler was obsessed with the equivalent of Harry Potter at the time. He completely believed the self-insert author actually possessed wonder weapons from the books. Hitler even insisted on using military strategies from the books in some offensives depite the author having no military background.
Ha ha ha, I will have to check it out thanks.
Still though, our guy is dumber, but maybe just because he's a decrepit old dotard.
Side note as to the horsewhipping on the street, reminds me of Ivan the Terrible, Russia's old Tsar. He used to go on the streets in plainclothes and cut peoples' beards off just for the lulz. Forget what year he was.
The young woman Hitler stallked didn't know he existed. She found out about the crush decades later. He thought she was secretly communicating her love for him via qanon esqe codes like the color of her scarf or where she stopped to eat a pastry.
He was a complete incel buffoon, (obviously not later with Eva Braun, but as a young man) and part of reason he was declared chancellor was they thought he couldn't do much harm.
I don't know about the wolf part, but the term Herr was/is super common when referring to somebody male. Not only does it mean Mr or sir, its part of German etiquette to use that term. Like how Japanese add San to a persons name to show respect. Hitler would not need to insist people call him Herr, its just how he would be referred to.
My understanding is Herr is an honorific, totally normal. Herr wulf is the equivalent of a 22 year old me saying "Call me Mr Blade."
It's cringe so hard it should be lethal.
That's how people interpret it now, after the fact, but it is much more likely he was referencing his own first name which is based on old German name Athalwolf.
As well as influence of Wolfgang being a very popular German name. (I had some german friends choose Wolfgang as their nicknmame, instead of their boring anglicised names).
We are trying to look at Herr Wolf through English terms, and I'm not sure it is totally accurate. As Athalwolf carries the meaning of nobility, and less about wolves.
Please don't take this as me defending Hitler, he was a fragile ego man, who did horrible things and wanted to be omnipotent.
I am just skeptical when later analysis might try to fit a certain narrative.
I appreciate the context.