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).
Uh, not to contradict, buuuuuut, he had the highest percentage of votes in the country, which is no different than the CDU getting elected with 33% of the vote or Bush getting in on 34% or whatever it was. The elections were fair and democratic, although you could argue that the system was totally instable.
As an aside, it was the people who called him the savior mostly. I have to look up whether or not he repeatedly referred to himself as that. I think it was more effect than cause, though, if he did.
As proof, look at all the placards.
And if you had a situation with THIRTY-THREE percent unemployment rate, and he got it down to a normal amount (I think it was five or six, but don't quote me til I check) - people would consider you a savior, too. And anyway, how is that any different from Obama saying he wants a world without nuclear weapons and all this rhetoric - he sounds like he has a savior complex, too, except that he hasn't done anything but talk.
Now don't get your heads in a tither - I am not comparing Obama with Hitler. I'm just saying there is a certain amount of rhetoric involved in any political discourse - EXCEPT he actually did what he said.
Alas, he also did other things that were totally crap. But until 39, people actually liked the guy. Contrary to common knowledge, American businessmen actually invested in him; Chamberlain actually, "I can totally understand how this Herr Hitler feels....It's amazing that we are trying on gas masks here for a quarrel in a faraway country between two peoples...." Interesting.