What could have become of National Socialism? Let's say Strasser succeeded in becoming the party's head, or Hitler ended up fading into obscurity while the party ended up being successful. Would WWII have occurred? The Holocaust? Could NatSo have become a respectable political ideology?
>>2802081
It's a "what if" question.
>>2802081
>would socialism have worked this time?
The answer, as always, is no.
>>2802089
I think there are more than enough primary documents to be able to reasonably speculate on this topic anon, it's a far cry from "Would Hitler have won WWII if he was 90 feet tall and could shoot lasers from his eyes?"
>>2802098
Would he?
>>2802098
How does strasser become leader, how does hitler not become leader, there are so many variables we can't answer this questiom
>>2802102
Making thread now.
>>2802081
WWII wouldn't have happened but the Soviets and Strasserists would have aligned and probably holocausted Jews together.
>>2802113
>he actually fucking did
>Cult of personality surrounding Hitler
>Incredibly tense leadership structure under him with big personalties who controlled vast amounts of power and men
>Hitler actively promoted competition amongst his lieutenants, making them despise each other
Once Hitler died it would have gone belly up and there would have been a huge leadership struggle and the whole thing would have collapsed.
Far Right parties ALWAYS rely on a strong leader and once they leave the party usually has no structure to continue because the leaders, paranoid they will be removed from power within the party, centres all control and executive decision making within his own hands.