Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-4919678-20150106141229/@comment-32656-20150116121634

Yeah, Hitler was a lot of luck, and Charisma. Stalin, ability overall. Hitler becoming a known name - unless he gets offed - is a given, though the avenue it happens in is debatable.

Imo, fascism is closer to socialism than you think. Remember, the original Nazi party was far more in that direction - the Night of the Long Knives took out that faction of the party - than what it ended up.

As for either switching... Nope. By that point, their ideologies were too far apart. Same goes for friends, really - even their opinions outside of their ideologies were too vast.