Nietzsche's hyper-individualism and radical social constructivism are incompatible with anything Right-Wing to Far-Right. I doubt that Hitler even liked Nietzsche: the closest evidence, I think, is a photo of Hitler looking at a bust of Nietzsche somewhere. However, Hitler was also quoted as saying that Nietzsche was 'not my guide'.
The Schopenhauer-Hitler narrative is more compelling because we know, contrary to the 'dumb Hitler' narrative, that Hitler carried Schopenhauer's Complete Works around with him in the trenches. But I don't see any of the Hindu or Buddhist influences (e.g. preoccupation with ending suffering, belief that the phenomenal world is illusory [something that Kantianism, also a major influence on Schopenhauer, shares with Ancient Indian philosophy]) on Schopenhauer in Hitler, whereas they can be seen in known Schopenhauerians like Mainlander and Bahnsen.
Nietzsche's hyper-individualism and radical social constructivism are incompatible with anything Right-Wing to Far-Right. I doubt that Hitler even liked Nietzsche: the closest evidence, I think, is a photo of Hitler looking at a bust of Nietzsche somewhere. However, Hitler was also quoted as saying that Nietzsche was 'not my guide'.
The Schopenhauer-Hitler narrative is more compelling because we know, contrary to the 'dumb Hitler' narrative, that Hitler carried Schopenhauer's Complete Works around with him in the trenches. But I don't see any of the Hindu or Buddhist influences (e.g. preoccupation with ending suffering, belief that the phenomenal world is illusory [something that Kantianism, also a major influence on Schopenhauer, shares with Ancient Indian philosophy]) on Schopenhauer in Hitler, whereas they can be seen in known Schopenhauerians like Mainlander and Bahnsen.