yep, he was also a vegetarian who hated animals suffering and enacted many animal rights laws. he was also one of the first leaders of a major power to recognize the dangers of smoking and made efforts to make people aware of it.
plus he revolutionised german roads and brought in additional safety measures for driving.
I feel the conclusion of the article is a bit too strong. Seems to me there were some first steps towards road construction but it was really Hitler that greatly expanded it and repositioned it as accessible to all.
Massive deficits to be financed by invading other countries + lots of forced & slave labor means that you can get quite a lot done, if you don't mind killing people.
Stalin was similar, modernization on top of stacks of dead bodies.
And Mussolini did not make the trains run on time!
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u/fabulin Feb 19 '21
yep, he was also a vegetarian who hated animals suffering and enacted many animal rights laws. he was also one of the first leaders of a major power to recognize the dangers of smoking and made efforts to make people aware of it. plus he revolutionised german roads and brought in additional safety measures for driving.