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This article is moronic. We are supposed to learn about human nature from Leni Riefenstahl, a propagandist whose films were designed to make the Nazis look as g
by astazangasta 7y ago
This article is moronic. We are supposed to learn about human nature from Leni Riefenstahl, a propagandist whose films were designed to make the Nazis look as good as possible?
You know what is unsustainable? Fascism. Literally. It had no economic program, and it flared out dramatically fighting conflicts with every other country. Its soldiers had to be fueled by methamphetamines to prosecute this war. And on both ends it was bookended by democracy.
- krapp 7y ago>We are supposed to learn about human nature from Leni Riefenstahl, a propagandist whose films were designed to make the Nazis look as good as possible? We can learn a great deal about human nature and the banality of evil from the Nazis and their propaganda - they weren't aliens or demons after all. Also, a lot of modern cinematography has been influenced by Leni Riefenstahl's techniques. I agree with you about the unsustainable nature of fascism, but its constant need for plunder and spoil applies just as much to the imperialism of Europe and (to a lesser extent) the US.
- astazangasta 7y agoI agree we can learn from studying Riefenstahl, and also that the film is amazing, but i deny that we are learning about "human nature", a concept which I generally abhor and which is used to end sociological arguments at a desired point. My koan about human nature comes from my child, who at 18 months, just barely after talking, was able to sustain the notion of video chat with no real instruction - that is, that the image in the wall that was speaking to him was a person he could interact with. Nothing in the evolutionary background prepared him for this. If there is a "human nature" it is to be pliant to an ever-changing circumstance.