I never thought of it, but this abominable character, known as Adolf Hitler, must have used a technique that's called stochastic terrorism when having his presumably very, very boring gatherings at his beloved private retreat, The Berghof in the Bavarian Alps. Here he hosted key Nazi top figures and their wives as well as foreign dignitaries like e.g. Chamberlain and Mussolini. Some of those attending these meetings have told about how he didn't really converse with his guests, but went on long tirades of plans and wishes. His Nazi henchmen were supposed to catch up on what he said and then see to is that his wishes were fulfilled. That means that they were to interpret his often not-altogether formulated ideas. These ideas might be hateful attacks on those he found less worthy of living than himself.
It's a strange fact that what e.g. happened at the camps often were born out of Hitler's rantings at these gatherings, and grew and grew as an idea from them. Seeing and hearing Der Fuhrer at Berghof obviously gave wings to his ideology, even though many - mostly the ladies? - found him extremely boring when he opened up for his endless tirades.
It's obvious that one of the many things the Hitler-fan, aka the American president, Donald Trump, has learnt from the German dictator, is his use of what is known as stochastic terrorism: A repeated use of hate speech and dehumanizing of specific groups of society. With Hitler it was the Jews, with Trump it's immigrant, people of color, women doing what he doesn't like women to do, Democrats or just someone he takes a dislike to because they don't like him.
The scoundrel in charge, so to speak, is inspiring his/her followers to target these hated individuals for violence and hate crimes of various art, but seldom demanding it in plain words. Stochastic terrorists do not supply their followers with any detailed plan of attack, which may keep him/her out of trouble as they may always protest "innocence" of the crimes they instigate.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/stochastic-terrorism
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