Steve Jobs and Hitler. The head of the Apple corporation and the head of Nazi Germany, one of the most brutal totalitarian governments known to man. Check out some of the shocking similarities between these historic figures. One had achieved his goal of becoming an unstoppable political figure, and one has just begun. Similar minds think alike, and we must act now before Jobs' hidden intentions come to fruition.
"Shared Hubris
These men were frighteningly arrogant, so much in fact, they endeavored to change/dominate the world. Jobs is famous for saying he wanted to “put a dent in the universe.” Pretty sure he did. Apple products are ubiquitous.
Hitler, as we all know, wanted to create a master race, to literally change the face of our planet. Thankfully, his failure is diversity’s triumph.
Indomitable Will
Jobs used what co-worker’s called his “reality distortion field,” an enigmatic plying of what was once considered impossible. A close cousin to Jobs’ reality-bending is Hitler’s sheer force of will. He even made a movie about it–the propaganda film, Triumph of the Will, is 114 minutes of unapologetic Nazism. No bag of popcorn could make this film bearable.
Need for Control
Jobs’ entire Apple platform is based on a closed system, a digital hub of compatible devices who don’t always play well with others, for example, the former incompatibility between the iPad and Flash. Jobs so wanted to control the user experience he insisted that his engineers manufacture machines that couldn’t be manipulated by layman tools. Incidentally, Jobs’ need for control was the opposite of his early collaborator, Steve Wozniak, a tinkerer by nature.
Hitler’s desire to control doesn’t require much explanation, maybe just referencing his plan to dominate, oh, let’s say, Europe. And that Joseph Goebbels, Reich Minister of Propaganda, at his side? Nuff said.
Indifferent to Nothing
For Jobs, your work was either sh*t or insanely great, no middle ground. Hitler was either red-face incensed or furiously passionate, no gray area. Everything mattered to these two, which, in many ways, mirrors the temperament of an artist.
Artistic Temperament
Jobs’ love of the Bauhaus movement, architecture, music, the marriage between form and design–all are well-known. But did you know this? Prior to becoming a raging despot, Hitler, in his teens, led a Bohemian life, not working, painting, writing poetry, attending operas. I’m not kidding, this is what Hitler did as a kid. Mind = Blown.
Distaste for Formal Education
Hitler showed little interest in traditional schooling, having dropped out of High School at 16. Although he later applied to Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, he was rejected, twice. They’re such good judges of character, those Viennese.
Jobs never earned a college degree; he dropped out of Reed. No longer matriculating, Jobs somehow convinced the college’s administration to let him audit courses he deemed worthy, without care for any prescribed curriculum. Speaking of convincing people…
Born Orators
With Jobs, Mac product launches were like rock concerts. Jobs could whip a crowd into a frenzy in no time, the attendees screaming and clapping in a froth of desire. Sound familiar?"
(Similarity analysis from https://deepasabirdbath.wordpress.com/2012/10/19/steve-jobs-and-hitler-parallel-personalities/ )
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