Quote Originally Posted by Fragony View Post
Guillotines are better
Is that fair in this case? I doubt he envisioned himself as some sort of absolute monarch, isn't it understandable that the old monarchy seemed a lot better when the two alternatives in his country at the time seemed to be either Nazism or communism?

If anything he seems like a bit of a Gandhi figure. Helped Austrians flee the Nazi's, used peaceful demonstrations to help people escape past the Iron Curtain.

Can't we give him a break?