Hitler’s scapegoat

If you want to witness a trippy illustration of scapegoatism, read chapter two of Adolph Hitler’s Mein Kampf.

Yes, I just recommended the memoir of history’s most evil figure. It’s only 99 cents on Kindle. The psychological specimen that is chapter two, alone, is worth getting put on a watchlist somewhere.

Hitler recounts moving to Vienna for art school. He was rejected. At first, he comes off as balanced, reasonable, even humble. He states plainly, “the fact was that I had failed.” He moves back home.