i honestly don't know much about columbus... i know the conquistadors weren't too nice to the natives, but wasn't columbus's basic motive just exploring looking for riches? seems like a decent motive to me. i can't hate on that. kind of like donald trump.
but saying hitler did it out of love for his people/country is questionable. the guy would cunningly play even his closest allies against each other to compete for his love/adoration/respect. if you ask me, he was motivated by megalomania more than anything else. imo the nazi party was first and foremost a hitler cult, and secondly a nationalist movement geared on building a new empire.
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