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100% this. It’s also important not to dehumanise history’s bad guys, because that leads to a culture of complacency whereby people think “it could never happen
by jl6 6y ago
100% this. It’s also important not to dehumanise history’s bad guys, because that leads to a culture of complacency whereby people think “it could never happen here, because they were monsters and we are not”.
- croissants 6y agoThere might be two slightly different definitions of "humanize" at work here. Both of these are from the Cambridge dictionary [1]: 1) "to make something that is not human seem like a person" 2) "to make something less unpleasant and more suitable for people" With dictators, I think we should try to do 1) but not 2). [1] https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/humanize https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/humanize
- joecool1029 6y ago>It’s also important not to dehumanise history’s bad guys Too late for one group. Go check how much Nazi vampire zombie media exists today.