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"It's not the people who are evil, but the regime ..." I'm not sure about the North Korean case, but an author argued a few years back in the book "Hitler's Wi
by nwatson 17y ago
"It's not the people who are evil, but the regime ..."
I'm not sure about the North Korean case, but an author argued a few years back in the book "Hitler's Willing Executioners" that most WWII-era Germans were happy and willing to go along with the despot's genocide and total war.
"1984" ends with Smith Winston seemingly coerced into the attitude "[I] loved Big Brother". I'm not so sure he had no choice ... I think people usually are complicit in that which they tolerate and support.
People can be evil. In the U.S. we are too, in ways we usually don't acknowledge.
And sure, I broke the rule "if you have to bring up Hitler in an argument, you've already lost". So be it.
- radu_floricica 17y agoI thought it was common knowledge that WWII era Germans supported Hitler. I doubt they also supported the genocide, or at least the harsh reality of it - I remember reading that even Hitler avoided giving direct orders about it. If you want to call that evil... I guess you may. But I'd say all it shows is that in certain contexts we can all support evil things.