Vejas Liulevicius
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And even in the case of the Germans themselves, the... hidden message behind even Nazi propaganda about unity and about German national identity was the Nazis envisioned relentless purges of the German genetic stock as well. So among their victims are people with disabilities, people who are defined as not racially pure enough for the future, even though they are clearly Germans by identity.
And even in the case of the Germans themselves, the... hidden message behind even Nazi propaganda about unity and about German national identity was the Nazis envisioned relentless purges of the German genetic stock as well. So among their victims are people with disabilities, people who are defined as not racially pure enough for the future, even though they are clearly Germans by identity.
The full scale and the comprehensive ambitions of the Nazis are as breathtaking as they are horrifying.
The full scale and the comprehensive ambitions of the Nazis are as breathtaking as they are horrifying.
The full scale and the comprehensive ambitions of the Nazis are as breathtaking as they are horrifying.
That's right. I would think that the Nazis with atomic weapons with no compunctions about deploying them would rank up there as even worse than the horrors that we saw.
That's right. I would think that the Nazis with atomic weapons with no compunctions about deploying them would rank up there as even worse than the horrors that we saw.
That's right. I would think that the Nazis with atomic weapons with no compunctions about deploying them would rank up there as even worse than the horrors that we saw.
Yeah. And I think that nobody should like oversimplified narratives. We need a subtle and accurate narratives.
Yeah. And I think that nobody should like oversimplified narratives. We need a subtle and accurate narratives.
Yeah. And I think that nobody should like oversimplified narratives. We need a subtle and accurate narratives.
I mean, they're certainly striking and unique historical characters in the record. One of the things that's so disturbing about Hannah Arendt's model of totalitarianism is that leader can be changed. The system itself demands that there be a leader who allegedly is all-powerful and all-knowing and prophetic and the like.
I mean, they're certainly striking and unique historical characters in the record. One of the things that's so disturbing about Hannah Arendt's model of totalitarianism is that leader can be changed. The system itself demands that there be a leader who allegedly is all-powerful and all-knowing and prophetic and the like.
I mean, they're certainly striking and unique historical characters in the record. One of the things that's so disturbing about Hannah Arendt's model of totalitarianism is that leader can be changed. The system itself demands that there be a leader who allegedly is all-powerful and all-knowing and prophetic and the like.
But whether particular figures are interchangeable in that role is a key question.
But whether particular figures are interchangeable in that role is a key question.
But whether particular figures are interchangeable in that role is a key question.
I would think that the reality was probably But that was certainly their ambition. German communists get quoted as saying, after Hitler, it's our turn. Their sentiment was that the arrival of Nazism on the scene was a sign of how decrepit and incompetent and doomed capitalism was. In hindsight, that's almost impossible to believe.
I would think that the reality was probably But that was certainly their ambition. German communists get quoted as saying, after Hitler, it's our turn. Their sentiment was that the arrival of Nazism on the scene was a sign of how decrepit and incompetent and doomed capitalism was. In hindsight, that's almost impossible to believe.
I would think that the reality was probably But that was certainly their ambition. German communists get quoted as saying, after Hitler, it's our turn. Their sentiment was that the arrival of Nazism on the scene was a sign of how decrepit and incompetent and doomed capitalism was. In hindsight, that's almost impossible to believe.