ell inferior people that they are equal to the superior people then the inferior try to take away from the superior in the name of equality. This type of thinking proposed a problem for leaders like Hitler, but it could not stop them from attempting to complete their mission. Hitlers antidote for equality among humans was to simply to brainwash the Germans and other followers to see the inferior as de-humanized or in animalistic terms. He also promoted the ideas that in order to succeed in eliminating the inferior one must not be compassionate or have pity for the inferior. This is quite a genius plan because it is a lot harder for someone to someone that looks pretty much just like you, but if you make them believe that the human is an animal it is a lot easier to kill them. It appears as if Hitler hated the Jews because he thought they were behind the ideas of the Enlightenment. Hitler believed that the Jews were spreading the ideas that everyone should start thinking for themselves, go out and test ideas, and stop accepting everything they hear. I think that the fascist ideology has distorted the ideas of the Enlightenment because the leaders of counter-enlightenment were primarily concerned with building up their own power over others. The enlightenment stood for rational thinking. Rational thinking has the ability to lead a person to self-empowerment. The fascist leaders recognized this problem, and utilized their knowledge to fight it. The leaders also realized that it is a lot easier to take advantage of people that do not think for themselves. People like Hitler depend of people who follow as sheep to the Shepard. They need for people to simply listen to what they say, accept, and do it without question. This is why the enlightenment movement was detrimental to their plans. People might start questioning why should they listen to Hitler, and if Hitler could not force them they he would at least scare them to death ...
