Comment on Elon Musk Had Grok Rewrite Wikipedia. It Calls Hitler “The Führer.”
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks agoHitler was literally the chancellor of Germany. That was his official title before he seized power and took total control.
Comment on Elon Musk Had Grok Rewrite Wikipedia. It Calls Hitler “The Führer.”
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks agoHitler was literally the chancellor of Germany. That was his official title before he seized power and took total control.
cygnus@lemmy.ca 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I think there is a way to present the information that makes it unambiguous that he isn’t being honored.
Instead of saying that he “was the fuhrer of Germany”, it could say, “after taking power, Hitler took on the title of ‘fuhrer’.”