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> downvotes for suggesting that maybe the NSA shouldn't be compared to the party that gassed 6 million people solely for their ethnicity? The parent never ment
by dean 11y ago
> downvotes for suggesting that maybe the NSA shouldn't be compared to the party that gassed 6 million people solely for their ethnicity?
The parent never mentioned Nazis. "Banality of Evil" does not equal Nazis, even if that was the context where you first heard the term.
- drzaiusapelord 11y agoIt is the context for which the term was invented by Hannah Arendt.
- dean 11y agoAgreed. But the term is often used more generally. It is not equivalent to the Nazis. And I don't believe the parent intended it as such.