Similarities Between Hitler And Mao

There are many reasons why Hitler and Mao were able to maintain power and the methods that were used have similarities and differences. Hitler and Mao were two authoritarian leaders that were able to rise and maintain power in the 20th century. Mao, who was a strong left-wing socialist was able to maintained his power in China. Hitler on the other hand, was a heavy right-wing fascist, and was able to maintain his power in Germany. All in all, the methods and ideologies used by both Hitler and Mao were unique to their own country, but in the overall presence, were very similar. To begin with, both Mao and Hitler knew how to maintain their power and how make the citizens of their countries happy. Mao and Hitler used propaganda as a method …show more content…
Hitler had this secret group of men known as the “Gestapo”, this group of men could arrest any citizen they wanted solely based on suspicion. Hitler thought that if he was able to eliminate all his opposing threats, such as, the Jewish community, communists, anyone who had a different view or was thought to be a threat of the Nazi party as a whole, he would use the Gestapo to eliminate them. Hitler saw communist to be a huge threat to fascism, this was portrayed in the Reichstag Fire. It was never officially determined that the Nazi party was responsible for this catastrophic event, however, all fingers are pointing in Hitler's way. A communist by the name of, Van der Lubbe, was arrested and put in jail with a few thousand other communists for this attack. Mao on the other hand, didn't have a group like the Gestapo to hunt down and eliminate someone who opposed his viewpoint, instead Mao launched a program known as, The Hundred Flowers movement. This movement was targeted at the intellectuals of the Chinese Community, he wanted them to step forward and speak up on any criticisms they had about the government under Mao. Nonetheless, when they spoke up he took them away to camps to be “reeducated”, in order to follow the government Mao has created. Yet another difference, due to the fact that Hitler was a fascist leader was that he was an extreme nationalist. He wanted everyone to know how great the Aryan race was, and how great anything that came from their country was. This ultra-nationalistic view was contagious and was a very popular act. It got many Germans to rally behind their own country. Also, Hitler wanted to increase the use of German goods and decrease the use of foreign imports. When an economy is stable it is hard for people to argue or rebel, because they will have food on the table and money in their pockets. Mao