Carl Jung's Breakdown of Hitler's Psychology

Carl Jung's breakdown of Hitler is something I've addressed before, but i left out a part where he compared him to Mussolini - perhaps you will enjoy this extended seciton!

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[uberboyo]

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[Foretelling]

Adolf Hitler believed that men who succumbed to lust were weak and pitiful. He claimed he abstained from sex to preserve the thing he called "The Flame of Life." He said that by preserving this Flame, he improved his energy and endurance, which meant he had more to give back to the reich. This played into the mythology that the nazi propaganda machine constructed around him; the German people believed their leader was the model of human discipline - he was impervious to all base human weaknesses, including sex.

[MrSnoopdogg]

"And for absolutely no reason at all, Hitler rose to power"

[Kanonclark]

Aura so powerful Jung had to leave the country

[davidboyer]

I miss your type of philosophy in this time period. Used to know guys like you back in the 80's and 90's. The rise of the intense left / right politics in America has killed philosophy and stunted free thought. This is refreshing.

[SEKreiver]

Hitler wrote a paean to Wotan as a young man. His favorite artist, von Stuck, created more than one painting depicting Wotan.

[Thebestoneintheworldha]

Hitler speaks AI translated into English is what scares them

[liveforever]

If anyone is interested that quote is by Lithuanian Catholic priest Antanas Pauliukas. He wrote diaries his whole life, but early parts were lost during First World War. His later diaries are from 1918 to 1941. In his diaries he wrote about rural Lithuanian life noted various strange and comical situations, gave his unorthodox opinions, at that time, about world events.

[DemonJohn]

Philosophy > Politics. You're one of the best creators out there, very interesting. Been enjoying your content since 2020.

[Pugilist]

Jung talks about this in the undiscovered self, precisely and masterfully.

Hitler channeled the spirit of the folk, and crafted that feeling into words. Volume 1 of Mein Kampf captures this passion and fury.

I’ll definitely need to see Jung’s analysis of Hitler, and read it with the principles he went into depth on in said book.

Excellent video dawg 👑

(Also, your allusion to Odin and the berserkers is crazy synchronicity; I just finished reading the Magnusson translation of Volsungsaga last night 😳)

[TheGoldenOne]

Excellent video as always, you Handsome & Sensitive Young Man!

[notPepeTho]

I had a psych 101 professor call Carl Jung an armchair psychologist and said "we used to think dreams meant something, but they don't; they don't mean anything"

I LMAO and the entire class had a moment of silence while I laughed and they all looked at me.

[davidbent]

Anyone who went through trench warfare in WW1 and comes out the other side need some degree of sympathy because we have no idea how hellish that was!

[Foretelling]

Love your work, man. One of the most insightful and creative content creators out there.

[MichaelB]

Hitler once said, “You can’t understand National Socialism without understanding Wagner.”

[coldwater]

I grew up in California but dad was born in Berlin in 1928 and grew up in the HY and spent 1943-1945 in an anti aircraft “high school” and was in the battle of Berlin in 1945. I know he was close to Hitler at one point and my brother said he told him something once about Hitler looking super intensely at him at one point….like piercing through him as you described. Not sure if my brother embellished that part or not but I do know my dad lived an INTENSE experience growing up. It was why he just wanted a snoozy suburban “normie” life here in SF Bay Area.

[sigvardbjorkman]

“War is the father of all things” — Heraclitus

This is what I think of when I know that Wotan was the “Allfather” and the leader of the gods, as well as being invoked in warfare, as his name meant something like “frenzy”.

That he want things to ferment and move and intoxicate.

All to try to change fate itself, as he is all knowing, has seen his own fate and tries to change it.

[johngraham-wgbp]

Very very good summary. I would only add that H deliberately and consciously modelled his image on Stuck's painting. It was part of his art collection later on. The Wandervogel is a criminally overlooked element too. Impressive video.

[thatpurpleghost]

One of the reason's Hitler never married is something he admitted himself; by being a bachelor and a sweetheart for much of the German women, he believed it would take away from his grasp and popularity over the German female population by being married. Similar to how K-Pop idols never announce they have a boyfriend and hide it away from the public. In public speeches he would say I am only married to one thing and that is Germany. Unsure as to where I read this; but out of all leaders the world has had, and the technology we have had to record I find Hitler the most interesting and mysterious of all, so I have read and researched him thoroughly. I believe he admitted this to his Camera-man Heinrich Hoffman. That, or I read it in his Table Talk. I can't recall completely.

[TeutobergForestryService]

I gotta tell you man, you’re one of my favorite people on twitter. I love your content and the delivery. You’ve definitely found your calling, my friend.