Stop equating things to Hitler

Why must so many people equate everything to the rise of Hitler?

It gives Hamas far too much credit. For one, Hamas is not taking control of a country with one of the strongest economies in the world. The Palestinian Authority is a shell of a country, Israel could fuck it up at the drop of a hat (#3 on that list), and there is no chance, whatsoever that the Palestinian Authority will be threatening anyone’s security with anything other than suicide bombs. A tactic that was used before Hamas was elected to power, so it is basically impossible for things to get worse because how could it?

But if everyone is so into equating everything with World War 2 (something that makes me contemplate the benefits of having 1929-1945 taken out of our history textbooks, if only to get people to reason out arguments instead of relying on whatever WW2 or Great Depression parallel they can construct--I mean come on, causality is not that simple!!!!) then shouldn't we wonder why Hamas was elected in the first place? Isn't that one of the lessons we are taught about Nazi Germany; that reparations pushed the Germans to extremism? Well, if everyone seems to agree that they probably would have voted for Hamas had they been a Palestinian, then why are we placing the blame with Hamas?

-Mr. Alec