Missed Opportunities

Before anyone loses their shit, let me say this upfront: I do not think that Hitler was merely a misunderstood individual who made a few mistakes. His particular species of madness tore the world apart at the seams, spawning loss, heartache and pain that endures and echoes to this day. But he was still human, essentially like you or me. In fact, to distance him from the rest of us not only lessens his culpability but lulls us into thinking that we’re forever above doing terrible things for the sake of misguided ideals. And we certainly are not that.