stand up against: hitler didn't have asperger

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how can an autistic person deal with politics? doesn't that require an understanding of the human nature, and being diplomatic, kissing up to the right people? how can one drag other people after him without knowing how to talk to their darkest side? aspies don't make good salespeople, or politicians. imagine a priminster that always says the wrong thing because he has no idea what the other person is thinking. hell, if i was a president i'd probably start world war three WITHOUT intention! simply by saying the wrong things and being misunderstood.
how can you be in politics without remembering faces? you might mistake the president of an alley country for the cleaning man.
what about a faraway look in the eyes? bill gates has it, and alber einstien had that quirky aspie look. hitler didnt. only a dark, icy look, like a predator before an attack. take one look and get a heart attack.
an aspie look is not a blood chilling look. it's a gentle, dreamy look.

Their minds are not fully formed. And when I say "mind", I don't mean intelligence. What I mean is that they have no deep relationship with their own being, no reverence for themselves as individuals. I don't think we're so far removed from being outright animals other than we have the ability to be self-aware. Unfortunately a large part of humanity doesn't put forth the effort to develop anything deeper than what is required to fit in with the pack. That mentality has use-value to them, it helps them survive. Fitting in is of utmost importance. A great example of this in the average daily life, is organized religion. People want to be spoon-fed their "salvation", rather than seeking it out for themselves on a much deeper level. They're just sort of drifting along with the current. Humans are lazy in that respect.

The early Hitler did have some characteristics that could be regarded as Aspergian, if I understand this correctly:
He did not have friends.
He did not have women. (Obviously he visited some prostitute that gave him syphilis, but that is not the same as a relationship.)
He refused to eat some types of food.
He did not have a job.
(His appearance was rather shabby, being dirty and unkempt and malnourished and wearing rags, but I am not sure about this point.)

Later, during world war one, he had an obsession with a particular topic (Germany, in a political sense).

^^ But they're so generalised and could apply to anyone at all, including NTs.