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Do you think it's okay for educated people to compare some of our current political leaders (and not some of our other recent leaders) to Mussolini or even Hitl
by isoskeles 8y ago
Do you think it's okay for educated people to compare some of our current political leaders (and not some of our other recent leaders) to Mussolini or even Hitler?
It seems like an unfair comparison to make, yet I see "educated" people do it a lot and have started taking anyone who does this less seriously. What I can't understand is how one reconciles the idea that "education is the solution" with "educated people keep saying dumb shit." Or even worse, some educated people are simply okay with dishonesty.
- pjc50 8y ago> Do you think it's okay for educated people to compare some of our current political leaders (and not some of our other recent leaders) to Mussolini or even Hitler? Yes? So long as the comparison is based on actual facts, both about the fascists and the present day?
- isoskeles 8y agoThe more pertinent facts in making such a comparison would be the tremendous death toll and brutality as a result of their leadership. I thought it was not okay eight and sixteen years ago, and it still looks to be not okay today, or not an argument with any intellectual weight to it. But "educated" people sure like it.
- pjc50 8y agoThe idea is to remove people from power before they get to have a death toll. Generally it becomes impossible to remove them during the terror.