"Where one burns books, one will soon burn people." - Heinrich Heine
PS: if you're still wondering "how did Nazi Germany even happen" let me assure you, it went a lot like this.
"Where one burns books, one will soon burn people." - Heinrich Heine
PS: if you're still wondering "how did Nazi Germany even happen" let me assure you, it went a lot like this.
@LT14GJC It doesn't take unhinged people; it just takes an authority figure telling them that fascism and eliminationism is not only okay, but a virtue. And then they'll march folks right into the ovens while laughing about it.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/elderly-nazis-laugh-as-they-recall-massacring-jews
they had a sort of sacrificial hero complex, which enabled the most monstrous deeds
not everyone had it in them to murder defenseless people - it was a mark of honor, a proof of belonging to the in-group to become a monster
"There were enough willing perpetrators so that coercive force could be reserved for those deemed enemies." -Dr. Doris Bergen