Yuval Noah Harari
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We should judge movies not just on the question whether they serve the national interest, but also on artistic value. Communists are a bit like the fascists. Instead that they don't place the nation as the main hero, they place class as the main hero. For them, history, again, it's not about individuals, it's not about nations. History is the clash between classes.
And just as fascists imagine in the end only one nation will be on top, the communists think in the end only one class should be on top, and that's the proletariat. And same story. 100% of your loyalty should be to the class. And if there is a clash, say, between class and family, class wins.
And just as fascists imagine in the end only one nation will be on top, the communists think in the end only one class should be on top, and that's the proletariat. And same story. 100% of your loyalty should be to the class. And if there is a clash, say, between class and family, class wins.
And just as fascists imagine in the end only one nation will be on top, the communists think in the end only one class should be on top, and that's the proletariat. And same story. 100% of your loyalty should be to the class. And if there is a clash, say, between class and family, class wins.
Like in the Soviet Union, the party told children, if you hear your parents say something bad about Stalin, you have to report them. And there are many cases when children reported their parents and their parents were sent to the gulag. And, you know, your loyalty is to the party, which leads the proletariat to victory in the historical struggle.
Like in the Soviet Union, the party told children, if you hear your parents say something bad about Stalin, you have to report them. And there are many cases when children reported their parents and their parents were sent to the gulag. And, you know, your loyalty is to the party, which leads the proletariat to victory in the historical struggle.
Like in the Soviet Union, the party told children, if you hear your parents say something bad about Stalin, you have to report them. And there are many cases when children reported their parents and their parents were sent to the gulag. And, you know, your loyalty is to the party, which leads the proletariat to victory in the historical struggle.
And the same way in communism, art is only about class struggle. A movie is good if it serves the interests of the proletariat. Autistic values, there is nothing like that. And the same with truth. The everything that we see now in fake news, the communist propaganda machine was there before us.
And the same way in communism, art is only about class struggle. A movie is good if it serves the interests of the proletariat. Autistic values, there is nothing like that. And the same with truth. The everything that we see now in fake news, the communist propaganda machine was there before us.
And the same way in communism, art is only about class struggle. A movie is good if it serves the interests of the proletariat. Autistic values, there is nothing like that. And the same with truth. The everything that we see now in fake news, the communist propaganda machine was there before us.
The level of lies, of disinformation campaigns that they orchestrated in the 1920s and 30s and 40s is really unimaginable.
The level of lies, of disinformation campaigns that they orchestrated in the 1920s and 30s and 40s is really unimaginable.
The level of lies, of disinformation campaigns that they orchestrated in the 1920s and 30s and 40s is really unimaginable.
And sacrifice of hundreds of millions of people, disregard, again, for human suffering. Like, okay, in order for our nation to win, in order for our class to win, we need to kill those millions, kill those millions. That was an ethics, aesthetics, truth, they don't matter. The only thing that matter is the victory of the state or the victory of the class. And liberalism was the antithesis to that.
And sacrifice of hundreds of millions of people, disregard, again, for human suffering. Like, okay, in order for our nation to win, in order for our class to win, we need to kill those millions, kill those millions. That was an ethics, aesthetics, truth, they don't matter. The only thing that matter is the victory of the state or the victory of the class. And liberalism was the antithesis to that.
And sacrifice of hundreds of millions of people, disregard, again, for human suffering. Like, okay, in order for our nation to win, in order for our class to win, we need to kill those millions, kill those millions. That was an ethics, aesthetics, truth, they don't matter. The only thing that matter is the victory of the state or the victory of the class. And liberalism was the antithesis to that.
It says, no, not only, it has a much more complicated view of the world. And both communism and fascism, they had a very simple view of the world. There is one, your loyalty, 100% of it should be only to one thing. Now, liberalism has a much more complex view of the world. It says, yes, there are nations. They are important. Yes, there are classes. They are important.
It says, no, not only, it has a much more complicated view of the world. And both communism and fascism, they had a very simple view of the world. There is one, your loyalty, 100% of it should be only to one thing. Now, liberalism has a much more complex view of the world. It says, yes, there are nations. They are important. Yes, there are classes. They are important.
It says, no, not only, it has a much more complicated view of the world. And both communism and fascism, they had a very simple view of the world. There is one, your loyalty, 100% of it should be only to one thing. Now, liberalism has a much more complex view of the world. It says, yes, there are nations. They are important. Yes, there are classes. They are important.
But they are not the only thing. There are also families. There are also individuals. There are also animals. And your loyalty should be divided between all of them. Sometimes you prefer this. Sometimes you prefer that. That's complicated. But, you know, life is complicated.