But in the end, he has nothing to do with the will of the people. The people, which is more importantly represented by the abstract concepts of the nation, and a certain race, is used as his icon for abstract higher values. In other words, they're just the tokens for what are his Feelings alone.
He doesn't actually consider the Feeling values of the rest. The rest, he thinks, are best being molded by his values. He may care about them in some perversed way, but he thinks of himself as the only one with the guiding values.
Hitler was egotistical in a lot of ways. He believed himself destined to be a savior(after being gassed, interestingly), and his behavior showed the patterns of Narcissistic PD. Now, Narcissism does result in temporary bouts of extreme self-deprecation, but they always bounce back into a state of self-importance again(unless they commit suicide in their depression, which Hitler eventually did).
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