This is all fanciful thinking. World War I happened before Fascism or Nazism emerged, and the political elements were not based on Nietzscheanism. Nietzsche himself was opposed to antisemitism and nationalism (but his sister twisted his works to support them). The stirrings of Fascism and Nazism arose out of the discontent and disruption of World War I. The Fascist and Nazi regimes brainwashed no one; their goals were plainly expressed. Fascism had so little ideological foundation, the people threw it off and killed Mussolini. Nazism was more ideologically founded and tied to national goals and held strong until the utter defeat of Germany and the death of Hitler.
You would think that no nation could ever go to war without people being "brainwashed," but that is what history books are filled with. The only devils we need are ordinary human sinfulness.
This is all fanciful thinking. World War I happened before Fascism or Nazism emerged, and the political elements were not based on Nietzscheanism. Nietzsche himself was opposed to antisemitism and nationalism (but his sister twisted his works to support them). The stirrings of Fascism and Nazism arose out of the discontent and disruption of World War I. The Fascist and Nazi regimes brainwashed no one; their goals were plainly expressed. Fascism had so little ideological foundation, the people threw it off and killed Mussolini. Nazism was more ideologically founded and tied to national goals and held strong until the utter defeat of Germany and the death of Hitler.
You would think that no nation could ever go to war without people being "brainwashed," but that is what history books are filled with. The only devils we need are ordinary human sinfulness.