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I read Mein Kamp when I was younger (in Australia) out of sheer curiosity, and found it to be rambling, poorly written junk, bordering on incoherent. If you ca
by nmfisher 6y ago
I read Mein Kamp when I was younger (in Australia) out of sheer curiosity, and found it to be rambling, poorly written junk, bordering on incoherent.
If you came away enlightened, you probably already held very strong Nazi tendencies before you even opened the book.
- major505 6y agoNazi and hardcore communist propaganda have appeal to lost people, who have no place in the world, and usually are surrounded by other sources of bad influence. Is the same with people who are attracted to be part of street gangs, and other stuff like that. They are already part of a broken family, and community to end up with this kind of behaviour.
- sixstringtheory 6y agoI remember thru hiking on the AT and finding tracts distributed by a local quasi-cult. It was astonishing to see how they seemed to know exactly what I was thinking about the shallowness and consumerism of society, things like that. Some people pay attention to the things said by those they aim to control, and then feed that back to them. I could literally feel it tugging at my brain. It was one of the most visceral “I’m dodging a bullet right now” feelings I’ve ever had. Critical thinking is a critical skill! Also on the point of gangs, there’s a documentary that shines a great light on how people fall into it, and on the other side of the coin, parts of law enforcement: The House I Live In.