Who was the person everyone was compared to before Hitler came to power?

by SWIMsfriend

everyone always uses Hitler as a reference point for pure evil, but what did people use before that?

like if i was a journalist in the 1890s and wanted to criticize a politician, who would i compare them to?

The_Chieftain_WG

There have been a couple of attempts at this before, try

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/41zzc6/before_hitler_and_the_nazis_was_there_another/?st=ixffo9vc&sh=607ea6e9

Or

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1c7ckr/today_hitler_and_the_nazis_are_widely_considered/?ref=search_posts

Or

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/143tb5/what_was_the_worst_thing_ever_before_hitler_and/?st=ixffs7eb&sh=60006935

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