User blog comment:Kintobor/What caused Hitler and Stalin to become purely evil monsters?/@comment-33047541-20181015235018

Hitler had an abusive father who rejected his son's dreams of becoming an artist. His father, Alois, was very pro-Austrian, which was why Hitler later became very pro-German. After his parents died, he lived in a homeless shelter, painting pictures and being fed anti-semitic news articles, which was where he got most of his monstrous ideas. When Germany lost WWI, he built up a lot of resentment for the Allies and Jews, and seized his opportunity to become the dictator to Germany and chased after his delusions of a world ruled by Germany.

As for Stalin, he was born into poverty in Georgia and was forced into the shoemaking business. His father turned into a drunkard and beat up his wife and kids. He escaped the abusive relationship by going to school, and while he was great at academics, he beat up a lot of kids in fights, which probably attributed to his ruthless nature. When he got older, his grades dropped and he was often put in cells for his rebellious behavior. He started reading books written by Karl Marx, which turned him into a communist. I think he also joined a gang along the way.

In no way am I trying to justify the villainy of both tyrannic monsters, I'm just explaining their backstories and how they came to be.