Would it have mattered if Hitler was ridiculed for his book? I am not sure what real role his book played in the structure of his socialist party. Did others read the book and help him to achieve the things he wrote, or did he direct them? Would his book have been needed at all for the achievement of his success?

I am not sure if the book had caused Hitler ridicule if that would have made him a weaker leader inside Germany. He brought out a nationalistic fervor that may have only been strengthened by being made fun of from the outside. Now if the book would have made the Germans make fun of him, then he would have been ruined IMO.

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PEOPLE SLEEP PEACEABLY IN THEIR BEDS AT NIGHT ONLY BECAUSE ROUGH MEN STAND READY TO DO VIOLENCE ON THEIR BEHALF. GEORGE ORWELL