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[–] the_sovereign ago 

I don't think Benito Mussolini's endorsement of "boring tome" is a glowing endorsement for your argument. I don't know what else to tell you. You say I mistranslated it, but then you also say I didn't and that I took it out of context for WW1. Clearly the author of the book and the majority of people who read it were inspired enough to become Nazis and execute the Holocaust - a pretty clear cause and effect. If you're trying to argue that people are ultimately responsible for their actions, I won't disagree with you, but to deny the influence the book had on the rise of Nazi German is pure lunacy. I'm afraid the burden of proof is on you my friend for every major historian and most people would highly disagree with you.

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[–] MasivGam3 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

That is only your opinion and you have any right to have it.

every major historian

Because those who do not agree with the only "correct" version of history are haunted and their carrier and lives ruined. That's why there is such beautiful consensus about things often obviously wrong.

and most people

No doubt about that. As they will be told by CNN all they need to know.

And - burden of proof is with you regardless, as it was you who put forward the claim. You have a claim - you provide the proof. The speculation that "everybody knows it" and "don't you agree with the authorities?" are typical examples of logical fallacy - as you have no proof, you are indulging in demagogy. Not that it was hard to foresee.

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[–] the_sovereign ago 

The book called for gassing Jews. The Nazi gassed the Jews. It clearly wasn't just a WW1 metaphor. Your argument failed. Simple enough?