"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists." - Hannah Arendt - ThreadSky

strictlychristo.bsky.social • 104 days ago

"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists."

- Hannah Arendt

Comments

surprisemurder.bsky.social•104 days ago

coffeecat311.bsky.social•104 days ago

Yes! Hannah Arendt is essential reading!

lrukiddnme1960.bsky.social•103 days ago

Amen! 👏👏👏

strictlychristo.bsky.social•104 days ago

"No one.. can possibly conceive how difficult it is to escape the dread consequences of a regime's calculated and incessant propaganda. Often in a German home or office or sometimes in a casual conversation with a stranger in a restaurant, a beer hall, a cafe, I would meet with the most outlandish..

strictlychristo.bsky.social•104 days ago

assertions from seemingly educated and intelligent persons. It was obvious that they were parroting some piece of nonsense they had heard on the radio or read in the newspapers. Sometimes one was tempted to say as much, but on such occasions one was met with such a stare of incredulity, such a shock

strictlychristo.bsky.social•104 days ago

of silence, as if one had blasphemed the Almighty, that one realized how useless it was even to try to make contact with a mind which had become warped and for whom the fact of life had become what Hitler and Goebbels, with their cynical disregard for truth, said they were."

strictlychristo.bsky.social•104 days ago

- William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

strictlychristo.bsky.social•104 days ago

"Never believe that Conservatives are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. ..."

msderohanes.bsky.social•104 days ago

This is why they tell you to not engage the MAGA. They don't seek debates, the vast majority of the time, they're just seeking their own entertainment at your expense.

In that regard, this platform has been a safe heaven from that perverse abuse.

mhathaway.bsky.social•103 days ago

I read this and think of Tucker Carlson and Piers Morgan.

strictlychristo.bsky.social•104 days ago

"The Trumpists take the right to play. They even like to play with discourse, by giving ridiculous reasons they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors By being evil morons intentionally, they make everything look stupid. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade"

missymouse905.bsky.social•104 days ago

will921.bsky.social•103 days ago

💯💯

shelbienameless.bsky.social•103 days ago

📌 This is great!

Thanks, Christo! My literary curiosity has been piqued! I'm saving this to read more later.

pdponderings.bsky.social•102 days ago

Truth. Ignorance, Trump played to ignorance as swindlers do. Other countries I swear know more of the elections process, or where States are than many US citizens.

justrelax70.bsky.social•103 days ago

The accuracy 😬

✊🏼

jamesmccormick.bsky.social•103 days ago

The truth is not the truth.

We have alternative facts.

Are you better off now than 2020?

stvncockdiamond.bsky.social•104 days ago

People who don't care to do any mental heavy lifting love to be told what they think.

dutchiegirlie.bsky.social•102 days ago

I met one of them today, an obgyn ultrasound tech - she was so tuned out that in spite of her profession, she had no idea people were being denied basic lifesaving care like a D&C to remove dead or unviable embryos from a pregnant woman's body to save her life. Now she knows, for what it's worth

sparklebluebunny.bsky.social•102 days ago

So true. Hannah says so much in her wise words. Gives us context for what we see now with Trump: "the banality of evil"...

dunemythang.bsky.social•103 days ago

blskgarfield.bsky.social•104 days ago

True!

80dollarguitar.bsky.social•103 days ago

Comments

Posting Rules

Reply