I thought this would be a fun discussion to see what people say...
What are some clear signs that you're an INFJ??
What are some clear signs that you're an INFJ??
No, he had no empathy whatsoever. A charming psychopath. I have no empathy for him and his beliefs. Lines should be drawn and I drew one. Boundaries.I do feel that the "fully evolved human" should become almost impossible to type.
Well, yes. Quite a bit was going on. He had an apocalyptic worldview. I mean how deep do you yourself want to dive into Hitler's psychology here?
But he viewed his nation, his people, as being strangled to death by a series of foes that wanted them all dead and destroyed. The fact that these nations were destined to a fight to the death with his own struck him as being structurally inevitable, a by-product of the nature of the national enemies and the nature of his own nation itself.
His ideology was apocalyptic and urgent. He may have had some measure of "empathy" for his enemies, but viewed them as parts of a larger national body (the line of nation, in this context, being drawn down through the blood) that was in the act of murdering his own nation in cold blood. This is not personal in his self justified thinking, but to fight to the death to avoid the death of his nation is a duty and moral imperative. The Fe moral imperative aspect acts as an amplifier for the Ni-Ideological Prophet obsession. It becomes a moral duty for him and all Germans to accomplish or die in the attempt. From the principles of this Ni structure (faulty premises), Ti logic consciously justifies the inescapable nature of the total war to come.
The line between surviving and attacking becomes blurred. With this apocalyptic urgency, ruthless assault on individuals (that make up the broader "nationhood body" that is attempting to kill his own) is a moral duty. From all accounts, Hitler was not getting off on hurting people, although many of his subordinates did. He viewed it as a sort of obsessive moral duty. And that was because his mind was wrapped up in a totalizing apocalyptic death march that he had convinced himself that there was no escape from. He framed the brutal conflict in his own mind as inevitable and unavoidable. Strengthening himself at the expense of his neighbors before the inevitable conflict was a bid to survive. Something like "I have 10 inevitable enemies. They will come to kill us. It is only a matter of time. If we can strike them first and take them by surprise, we can maybe kill a handful of these enemies, which would give us a fighting chance."
And in the final years, "fighting to the death" becomes another overwhelming moral dictate in his mind. His ideology precludes negotiation or surrender. In his worldview, both of these inevitably lead to the "death and dismemberment" of the German nation by enemies who are programmed to the core of their nature to do so. Being honorable means fighting to the death in this case. Because he views each nation as having a "national soul", he does not demand the death of individual warriors (although he also does this) for honor, but demands the death of the nation for honor.