Comment on Elon Musk Had Grok Rewrite Wikipedia. It Calls Hitler “The Führer.”
cygnus@lemmy.ca 20 hours agoI don’t think the Merkel cmparison is accurate - no one called her Leader, we called her the Chancellor (Kanzler), because that’s the job title. “Chancellor” is a pretty specific word in English with a narrower meaning and clearer connotation than “leader”, which can be used in a huge variety of contexts. The problem is that English doesn’t have a 1:1 translation of Fuehrer as we do with Kanzler.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 hours ago
Hitler was literally the chancellor of Germany. That was his official title before he seized power and took total control.
cygnus@lemmy.ca 1 hour ago
I know, but convention is to use a person’s final and highest title. Nobody refers to Julius Caesar as “quaestor”.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 hour ago
It’s a title he invented though, after taking control. Continuing to use it is honoring his memory in a way.
cygnus@lemmy.ca 14 minutes ago
That’s true, but to reuse my comparison to Romans, we call Augustus “emperor” too despite the term “imperator” being co-opted from an earlier, different meaning. I can see both points of view here, I just don’t feel strongly enough to see it as a red flag. God knows there are lots of other, actual red flags.