So, I know that many of us grew up on genre fantasy and sci-fi like Howard, Jordan, Card, Heinlein, and, yeah, Schicklgruber, but while we all know that Adolf Schicklgruber, one of the few truly great artists to come out of the German Republic, had...well...charitably, his personal beliefs were controversial. He may have been a dog lover and devoted husband, but he always had...some outdated beliefs, and anyone who's read his little-known manifesto from his political years, "My Struggle", should know that he believed some truly reprehensible things.
Thankfully, very little of that made it into his many epics, the most famous being the Valkyries Trilogy, Destiny's Lance, Horsemen Aflame, and Ambitions of an Empire. This was likely due to having some editors more sane than Mr. Schicklgruber. For all we can credit him for his literary achievements, Mr. Schicklgruber had some issues. Like the later Frank Miller, we should simply read his good works and put the man himself aside, in my honest opinion.
However, there's something many people don't know. I didn't know this, and Destiny's Lance was my jam growing up. He actually was strongly involved in radical right-wing politics during the era of the German Republic, before...that whole fiasco with Rosa Luxemburg. In fact, he was associated with a little known party, the National Socialist...something. I didn't bother to Wikipedia it.
Of course, he long since recanted most of "My Struggle" afterward, but I think that from interviews we all know that that was a dirty lie. So, here's my question. As sacrilegious as it feels as a fantasy fan, and as much as I'd hate to erase the gloriously badass heroes, adventures, and dirty double-dealings that we all love...what if Schicklgruber went into politics? He got pretty close.