re: Could there ever be another Hitler?

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Stalin had as much, if not more, absolute power than Hitler. And he killed as many, if not more people than Hitler did. You could throw Mao into that conversation as well. And he killed more people than either of them. As for today, if you want to see the sort of absolute power of those three, just look at North Korea.

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Absolutely. There are plenty of examples of absolute power. I differentiate Hitler by, as the OP said; “the way he rose to the top”. I don’t think we’ll ever see someone single-handedly induce the kind of fervor that he did with just his voice. Persuasion rather than force. The next one will have many layers and will be supported by numerous actors and tools.