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Originally Posted by Hiram
Many sociologists would tell you my young friend, that the people who say "I would have never supported Hitler!" in actuality would have been the first ones to support him.
We should never underestimate our innate desires to belong, to be a part of something larger than ourselves and to be swept up in the Zeitgeist (yes this was a word before the movie came out). It happens...and we are all vulnerable.
The best way to protect yourself against such a course, is to admit your fallibility....admit your weakness...examine it...expose and express it to others, and eventually it loses all the power it gained from DENIAL.
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I hear you man. I can easy say i would never have supported hitler, how do I know that? Whell.. If i recognize myself as a human beeing, which i am, then I also have to respect the fact that i have issues to. I do want to belong, thats why I ended up here on the forum =)
I mean, i could never follow a leader that wants to kill of a large part of the population for any reasons.. Maybe we are a little smarter today, I dont know.
Because if im supporting something that overrides somebodys free will and freedom, thats when I have no right to my own free will or freedom.
Anyways, my point was that the biggest casualty was the people that joined hitler, thats what made it all happen.
I may be "young and naive" but hey.. =)
Peace