Laws used to shield from accountability serve the only purpose of shifting the boundaries of what can be said and, gradually, what can be seen.
Der #Bürokrat des #Holocaust vor #Gericht
In #Jerusalem begann vor 65 Jahren der #Prozess gegen #AdolfEichmann, den #Organisator des Holocaust. Die #Philosophin #HannahArendt beobachtete den #Prozess und prägte danach den Ausdruck „#Banalität_des_Bösen“.
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/adolf-eichmann-prozess-holocaust-jerusalem-100.html
A quotation from Hannah Arendt
If, as I suggested before, the ability to tell right from wrong should turn out to have anything to do with the ability to think, then we must be able to “demand” its exercise from every sane person, no matter how erudite or ignorant, intelligent or stupid, he may happen to be.Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
Life of the Mind, Vol. 1 “Thinking,” Introduction (1977)
More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/44349/
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If, as I suggested before, the ability to tell right from wrong should turn out to have anything to do with the ability to think, then we must be able to "demand" its exercise from every sane person, no matter how erudite or ignorant, intelligent or stupid, he may happen…
Es ist beängstigend, wie sich die Zeiten ähneln - und gleichzeitig bietet die Doku über #HannahArendt eine Idee von Hoffnung - es kann auch anders sein!
Deswegen 👉 Unbedingt anschauen!
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https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/dokumentation-und-reportage/hannah-arendt-denken-ist-gefaehrlich/swr/Y3JpZDovL3N3ci5kZS9hZXgvbzIyODM0NzI%7Bparams%7D
‘A mentira é confortável quando reafirma o que a pessoa já acredita’, diz Jean Wyllys sobre desinformação
A quotation from Hannah Arendt
The sad truth of the matter is that most evil is done by people who never made up their minds to be or do either evil or good.Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
Life of the Mind, Vol. 1 “Thinking,” Part 3, ch. 18 “The two-in-one” (1977)
More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/1350/
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