Beyond the Monster Myth: The Dangerous Logic Behind Hitler’s Modern-Day Defenders

Hitler wrote it again and again. He said it over and over: “Only I can save the world from international Jewry.” Let’s be clear — Hitler was an absolute madman. But I’ve personally encountered Jewish professors and engineers (right-wingers) who’ve claimed that some of his critiques in Mein Kampf about Jews — particularly in regard to social behavior, leadership patterns, political radicalism, and attitudes toward the non-Jewish society — are not entirely baseless.

Now, the fact that Hitler was mentally ill doesn’t necessarily mean he didn’t act out of a clear ideological rationale. Nor does it mean he didn’t possess a kind of internal logic within his belief system. When you examine his economic policies, his racial laws, and his war to exterminate the Jewish people and enslave the Slavic nations, it becomes entirely clear: all of it was part of a systematic (albeit deranged) worldview. A worldview that had its own "logic" grounded in his twisted folkist/socialist belief system.

So, anyone who simply says “he was just a crazy monster” doesn’t truly understand what happened. That’s why, when we see people today in the American New Right appearing on Joe Rogan, or Tucker Carlson, attempting to rehabilitate Hitler, we must be deeply cautious. These are individuals advancing bizarre claims — like "Germany really wanted peace", or that "The extermination camps weren’t part of a premeditated plan". These are not just revisionist — they’re delusional and diseased assertions.

On the other hand, what could be taken — cautiously — from such radical figures is the effort to critique Hitler without mystifying him. To truly analyze his rationale. The problem is, they’re doing it in a sloppy, biased, apologetic way — blatantly ignoring basic historical facts, the nature of Germany at the time, Germany’s intentions, and the violent tendencies of the German people and their cooperation with Hitlerism.

And of course, this phenomenon must also be criticized in the context of a parallel movement within the radical left — the attempt to rehabilitate the communist regimes and the millions they murdered. These efforts at leftist apologetics for the horrors of the 20th century — especially in light of today’s extreme progressive push across all aspects of our lives, and the ongoing attempts to silence dissenting views — have triggered an extreme counter-reaction from the right.

A reaction that has moved from the neo-Nazi fringes to more mainstream figures who have begun reexamining the history of World War II through a new lens. Their argument goes something like this: "If the left can reevaluate communism, why can’t we reevaluate fascism or even Nazism?"

The problem with both the revisionist right-wing and the revisionist left-wing worldviews is that they stem from the same dark Hegelian root — one that stands in direct opposition to classical American liberalism and to the true achievements of the Enlightenment.

Perhaps the real question we should be asking is this: How can we enable a genuine revival of Anglo-American Enlightenment ideals — instead of remaining stuck in ideological wars born from the old European worldview, which now bizarrely infiltrates American discourse?