Will to power means will to dominate and control. You Nietzsche apologists yell whenever someone makes a comparison with totalitarianism or Nazism, but this is a true and accurate comparison. How is a desire to control not compatable with Nazism? They are in perfect harmony.
Nietzsche is about power, control, and domination. As has been said, his is not an egalitarian philosophy, he does not intend it for all human kind (if he did he'd be a fool, because everything would break down). Therefore he intended it for a few, or perhaps one, to fufill their will to power through dominating the others. This is totalitarianism.
Nietzsche is about power, control, and domination. As has been said, his is not an egalitarian philosophy, he does not intend it for all human kind (if he did he'd be a fool, because everything would break down). Therefore he intended it for a few, or perhaps one, to fufill their will to power through dominating the others. This is totalitarianism.

I don't know how to slowly explain this to you so you get it. Nietzsche believes EVERYONE has a will to power, that every has a will to dominate. And this will to power creates PROBLEMS. Like GePap said, the will to power creates things like religion which Nietzsche hates. To simply go aroung saying 'Will to power, Will to power, Nietszche is evil' is being total dumb! If Neitszche believed everyone should indulge in the Will to Dominate, then he'd approve of religion, because that the what the weak do to themselves so they can dominate something.
In fact, Nietszche wants people to free themselves from this herd and live life. He wants the people to leave the will to dominate themselves. He wants them to take control of their own lives.
And his anti-traditionalism argument is also an anti-domination idea. Tradition is what dominates. It is what the elites have put in place. People must break through this according to Nietszche.
Nietzsche says there is an innate Will to Power, but it must be used correctly, and not wrong. Just like capitalist philosophers say greed must be used correctly and not wrongly.
Yes, it isn't for everyone, but to say that means Neitszche leads to totalitarianism, which is completely and utterly rails against when talking about the herd is just totally foolish to say.
Hitler had a grand, wonderful, Nietzschian omelette he thought up
You mean including a political philosophy based on making everyone sheep in the herd?

When FN says the powerful need to dominate and control, is it any surprize when someone like Hitler amasses power and does just that?
He kind of says EVERYONE needs to dominate and control, because it is inherant in everyone.
All are inseperable from the flawed philosophies they sprung from.
Like O.B. said, does that robber baron capitalism is inseperable from Adam Smith?
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