Hitler and Putin: A Tale of Two Authoritarians

This essay covered various topics, led primarily by the comparison of Hitler to Putin and the status of democracy. The author juggles the two topics creating an act that coherently works to prove the author's opinion. The piece of writing does a superb job dispersing the information throughout the essay allowing the facts to run parallel with the ideas at the points in the essay.
Not many people would make the comparison of Hitler and Putin because people feel we are well removed from the time period in which Nazis made a run at world at world dominance. The author of this article thinks otherwise as he presents several instances in which Hitler and Putin are similar. The author states about how both came of diminished societies and imposed their will, "The real lesson is that dictatorships, especially fascist dictatorships built on the ruins of collapsed empires, are prone to do bad things, such as engage in imperialistic ways." The author is not completely blind in his remarks, as he is correct in saying that both have emerged as rulers after "the ruins of collapsed empires." The "imperialistic ways" part also begs for attention as recent actions of Russia would prove this author correct. Taking the Crimea and attempting to snatch part of Ukraine both ring alarms of imperialism. The author also connects the two when writing both the rulers "constructed regimes that may justifiably be called fascist." Hitler had his whole government on board the regime. Although Putin may not have his whole government on board, he has his knock off of the KGB that allows  him essentially total control. These two men shared various qualities, and their distaste for democracy surely was one of them.
The author focused the second half of the essay on the democracy, and the distinct advantages democracies have. The ability to evade war arises as one of the primary advantages that democracies offer. The author compares this to a dictatorship by saying, "Dictators are more prone to war precisely because they can manipulate public opinion and ruthlessly pursue whatever warped visions they have without much resistance from institutions and elites." The author favors obviously favors democracy, but does not praise it as some may. This apparent because of the famous quote from Winston Churchill that he uses. Churchill stated, "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others." A truly genius quote it is, because it captures the true superiority of democracy without calling it the perfect society.
When the essay was all finished, the juggling act would prove to be a success. The comparison of Hitler and Putin, and the status of democracy would both help the writer's opinion form a greater hold of the reader's mind.