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“As the Nazi emphasis on nonintellectual virtues (patriotism, loyalty, duty, purity, labor, simplicity, “blood,” “folk-ishness”) seeped through Germany, elevating the self-esteem of the “little man,” the academic profession was pushed from the very center to the very periphery of society”

Seems pretty relevant rn

May whatever god it is have mercy on the United States. 😰

Though it was published 70 years ago, this may be the most important book I’ve read this year. It’s pretty eye opening, neither shying away from the horror of what the Nazis did, nor dehumanizing them to the point where you can’t believe it could ever be your friends, your family, your neighbors, or even you. Scary stuff.

“We refuse to fight Stalinism with the help of fascism”
Hm I don’t think that’s true. Or at least that conviction changed some time later