Noticing some social-media discussion by opponents of compulsory vaccinations, noting that even Adolph Hitler opposed them. A pair of quick nuance-y corrections, one on extent and one on motivation.
Extent: AH favored compulsory vaccinations—but only for Germans. Motivation: He opposed them for non-Germans because he didn’t want to extend their benefits to people he didn’t care about and/or wanted dead anyway. Here’s an excerpt from AH in Hitler‘s Table Talks:
By contrast, current compulsory-vaccination advocates favor them universally and most of them do so for benevolent motives. AH’s policy is limited/malevolent while the current advocates’ is universal/benevolent. So be careful in making the analogy.
Related: Part 16 of Nietzsche and the Nazis covers National Socialist health policy: