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No, but that’s what Karp implies when he talks of „the west“. Americans may not realise how close that is to NSDAP propaganda, but it is.
by 9dev 2y ago
No, but that’s what Karp implies when he talks of „the west“. Americans may not realise how close that is to NSDAP propaganda, but it is.
- animal_spirits 2y agoDo you have sources to backup your claim that Karp is only envisioning white people as part of the west? Is he a known white supremicist? I could not find such a claim.
- animal_spirits 2y agoI found he wrote this on his letter to shareholders… > “As Samuel Huntington has written, the rise of the West was not made possible ‘by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion ... but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence.’ “He continued: ‘Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.’” Yikes.. https://bsky.app/profile/leahmcelrath.bsky.social/post/3lheu3ghhgk2s https://bsky.app/profile/leahmcelrath.bsky.social/post/3lheu...
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoWhat is the yikes? Martial superiority isn't exactly a groundbreaking metric by which to measure societies. It's also an essential one--sovereignty depends on it. That will be true as long as international relations are anarchic.
- animal_spirits 2y agoMight makes right is descriptive of the history of civilization, however I do not accept it is the - only- descriptor.
- hyperold 2y agoKarps' father at least is literally Jewish according to Wikipedia, sure he must be a big fan of NSDAP, makes perfect sense.