Like a Fuehrer?

This is a very long post about WWII written in 1997. Folks at metafilter can better comment on the quality of the piece. But for me, the following stands out:

But the transcripts are revealing in one sense: a certain recognizable style of thought comes through unmistakably. Hitler was, to the last degree, a self-taught explainer. He was one of those guys you hear droning on and on while you're standing in line at the post office or stuck on a train between stations -- the monologuist who can't stop explicating, to anybody who looks like he might be listening, everything that's wrong with the world and exactly who's to blame.

Boy, that's a little too close to home for comfort. My 2010 New Year resolution? Don't be Hitler.