Yuval Noah Harari
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There are all these evil monsters out there. that are out to get you, and they are causing all the problems in the world. And when people hear that, you know, it's like looking in the mirror and seeing something very beautiful. Hey, I'm beautiful. We've never done anything wrong. We are victims.
There are all these evil monsters out there. that are out to get you, and they are causing all the problems in the world. And when people hear that, you know, it's like looking in the mirror and seeing something very beautiful. Hey, I'm beautiful. We've never done anything wrong. We are victims.
And when you look and you heard in school that fascism, that fascists are monsters, and you look in the mirror, you see something very beautiful. And you say, I can't be a fascist because fascists are monsters, and this is so beautiful, so it can't be. When you look in the fascist mirror, you never see a monster. You see the most beautiful thing in the world. And that's the danger.
And when you look and you heard in school that fascism, that fascists are monsters, and you look in the mirror, you see something very beautiful. And you say, I can't be a fascist because fascists are monsters, and this is so beautiful, so it can't be. When you look in the fascist mirror, you never see a monster. You see the most beautiful thing in the world. And that's the danger.
And when you look and you heard in school that fascism, that fascists are monsters, and you look in the mirror, you see something very beautiful. And you say, I can't be a fascist because fascists are monsters, and this is so beautiful, so it can't be. When you look in the fascist mirror, you never see a monster. You see the most beautiful thing in the world. And that's the danger.
This is the problem, you know, with Hollywood. You know, I look at Voldemort in Harry Potter. Who would like to follow this creep? Yeah. And you look at Darth Vader. This is not somebody you would like to follow. Christianity got things much better when he described the devil as being very beautiful and attractive.
This is the problem, you know, with Hollywood. You know, I look at Voldemort in Harry Potter. Who would like to follow this creep? Yeah. And you look at Darth Vader. This is not somebody you would like to follow. Christianity got things much better when he described the devil as being very beautiful and attractive.
This is the problem, you know, with Hollywood. You know, I look at Voldemort in Harry Potter. Who would like to follow this creep? Yeah. And you look at Darth Vader. This is not somebody you would like to follow. Christianity got things much better when he described the devil as being very beautiful and attractive.
That's the danger, that you see something as very beautiful, you don't understand the monster underneath.
That's the danger, that you see something as very beautiful, you don't understand the monster underneath.
That's the danger, that you see something as very beautiful, you don't understand the monster underneath.
Communism is the same. Also, you look in the communist mirror, you're the most ethical, wonderful person ever. Yeah. It's very difficult to see Stalin underneath it.
Communism is the same. Also, you look in the communist mirror, you're the most ethical, wonderful person ever. Yeah. It's very difficult to see Stalin underneath it.
Communism is the same. Also, you look in the communist mirror, you're the most ethical, wonderful person ever. Yeah. It's very difficult to see Stalin underneath it.
evolutionary humanism whose most famous advocates were the nazis so if you can just linger on that what's the ideological connection between nazism and communism as embodied by humanism and humanism basically is you know the focus is on humans that they are the most important thing in the world they move history but then there is a big question what is what are humans what is humanity now liberals
evolutionary humanism whose most famous advocates were the nazis so if you can just linger on that what's the ideological connection between nazism and communism as embodied by humanism and humanism basically is you know the focus is on humans that they are the most important thing in the world they move history but then there is a big question what is what are humans what is humanity now liberals
evolutionary humanism whose most famous advocates were the nazis so if you can just linger on that what's the ideological connection between nazism and communism as embodied by humanism and humanism basically is you know the focus is on humans that they are the most important thing in the world they move history but then there is a big question what is what are humans what is humanity now liberals
They place at the center of the story, individual humans, and they don't see history as a kind of necessary collision between big forces. They place the individual at the center. If you want to know, you know, there is a bad, especially in the US today, liberal is taken as the opposite of conservative. But to test whether you're liberal, you need to answer just three questions. Very simple.
They place at the center of the story, individual humans, and they don't see history as a kind of necessary collision between big forces. They place the individual at the center. If you want to know, you know, there is a bad, especially in the US today, liberal is taken as the opposite of conservative. But to test whether you're liberal, you need to answer just three questions. Very simple.
They place at the center of the story, individual humans, and they don't see history as a kind of necessary collision between big forces. They place the individual at the center. If you want to know, you know, there is a bad, especially in the US today, liberal is taken as the opposite of conservative. But to test whether you're liberal, you need to answer just three questions. Very simple.