Victoria UmbraMar 2, 2023
AnarchoNinaWrites

Like I told you; it's got nothing to do with belief. These folks are literally post-belief.

It's about power. And that statement works for every type of nazi; from the street thugs, all the way up to Pete Thiel and the boys.

Never, ever, ever assume the things a fascist tells you are true, or take them at face value. Fascists do not value truth. They value power. They will say whatever they have to, to win; and even when they speak truth, it is ALWAYS with ulterior motives.

Mar 1, 2023 at 10:49pmWeb
Show threadChris LamkeMar 2, 2023
@AnarchoNinaWrites Well said. Reminds me of Sartre's Anti-Semite and Jew - https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Sartre#Anti-Semite_and_Jew_(1945)
Jean-Paul Sartre - Wikiquote

Show threadbendaMar 2, 2023
@AnarchoNinaWrites was it Hannah arrendt that said the nazis knew they were lying but they just didn't care?
Show threadSuperTwaddleMar 2, 2023
@benda @AnarchoNinaWrites There was an unnerving but unsurprising thread by @ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs about this recently - maybe that's who you were thinking of?
Show threadbendaMar 2, 2023
@SuperTwaddle @AnarchoNinaWrites @ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs I don't think so but good for suggestion 🙂
I'm thinking of this quote:
"The totalitarian mass leaders based their propaganda on the correct psychological assumption that, under such conditions, one could make people believe the most fantastic statements one day, and trust that if the next day they were given irrefutable proof of their falsehood, they would take refuge in cynicism; ..."
Show threadbendaMar 2, 2023
@SuperTwaddle @AnarchoNinaWrites @ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs "...instead of deserting the leaders who had lied to them, they would protest that they had known all along that the statement was a lie and would admire the leaders for their superior tactical cleverness."
Show threadben dafydd gillardMar 2, 2023
@AnarchoNinaWrites I can see how that mindset would be attractive to people utterly confounded by the (post-)modern world with its rapid change, increasing complexity, difficult histories, and widespread suffering.