Nazis are just one form of fascism. You don't have to look at Nazis to see where the current crop of "conservatives" reside. You can look to more benign strains of fascism, like the Italian strains or like Franco.

'Mein Kampf' contains some extraordinarily incisive and apt descriptions and advice for operating successfully in a democratic political system.

"Romney loves America like a tick loves a dog."

But you have to take into account that it was an ideology that took root in post WWI Germany and in the resulting utter humiliation of the German people.

And can be put to service of most any ideological party blessed to operate in a democratic polity.

And it most certainly isn't limited to a democratic polity.

Nazi Germany happened in the context of post WWI Germany. If you know your history then you know that prior to WWI Germany was unified by Bismarck. Bismarck and Metternich were the masters of Realpolitck, politics or diplomacy based primarily on power and on practical and material factors and considerations, rather than ideological notions or moralistic or ethical premises. Before Bismarck Germany was a series of nation states that had some nationalistic issues with France.

At the same time most of the great philosophies were developed in Germany, i.e. Hegel, Kant, Nietsche. Adolf Hitler was able to step into that vacuum and offer something the German people craved, a uniquely German identity.

I don't deny that there were aspects of Mein Kampf that were practical but you need to be careful. Have you ever tried to read Mein Kampf? I have avoided that and have instead opted to study portions of the text. There is no good reason to read it cover to cover.

Could we become Nazi Germany? I don't think so. Anything is possible, of course, but our history is the history of Britain and not of the German nation states. That history and tradition are not tangible but they are deeply ingrained and firmly rooted. We are not the Weimar Republic.

One is the common Haider translation, the other a period piece put out by a committee of liberals here in the U.S, early in 1939, which is particularly valuable for ephemera, as they often argue with the text in extensive footnotes, and include a large selection of poster translations and early speech transcriptions. It is something of a wade, but something that should be read by anyone interested in understanding events of the period. My advice to you would be to read up a bit more on the popular culture of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and particularly on Vienna and its politics before the war. The thing was not nearly so high-flown as you seem to suppose. But this is neither the time nor the place for going into great detail.

None of those courses subjected us to a direct reading of Mein Kampf.

I also took two excellent courses in jurisprudence in law school taught by the most intelligent man I have ever met: Professor Gray L. Dorsey. http://wupa.wustl.edu/record_archive/1997/08-21-97/5681.html

That doesn't mean I know everything but I can tell you with a great deal of certainty that there is no real reason to read Mein Kampf. In fact it is garbage. Hitler was no intellect.

I stand by my theory regarding the German people. In fact it is small segment of a larger theory of jurisprudence and jurisculture that I developed in my studies using Hegelian dialectics. There is no reason why we shouldn't engage in a larger discussion here.

Facts, observation, science, are all irrelevant, appearance is the only thing that matters anymore. Racism, sexism, fraud, theft, blatant corruption, everything is disregarded as long as someone, somewhere is telling or has heard a Big Lie that declares it non-existent.

We've always been at war with Eastasia. Nothing to see here, move along.