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Macheath · 08-29-2003, 08:13 AM

I think one part of the issue is Nazism, by it's nature, did appeal a great deal to German mythology.

I mean, a lot of us like Star Wars. Imagine if George Bush announced that the DARPA had just created rudimentary lightsabres and we ordinary folk could train to be "Jedi". A few years down the track, the "Sith" start popping up.

I know that's a pretty long bow to draw, but I'm just speculating how we humans can depart so far from "human reason". When you start romanticizing and mythologizing the role of the state, you can get quite a few people to do the kinds of things they've only read about in fairy tales - or science fiction.

Get yourself some storybook bad guys and you can do a hell of a lot, from creating novelty urinal cakes to genocide. Just have a look at how the Jews were depicted in the propaganda of the time.

08-29-2003, 08:13 AM	#8 (permalink)
Macheath Junkie Location: Sydney, Australia	I think one part of the issue is Nazism, by it's nature, did appeal a great deal to German mythology. I mean, a lot of us like Star Wars. Imagine if George Bush announced that the DARPA had just created rudimentary lightsabres and we ordinary folk could train to be "Jedi". A few years down the track, the "Sith" start popping up. I know that's a pretty long bow to draw, but I'm just speculating how we humans can depart so far from "human reason". When you start romanticizing and mythologizing the role of the state, you can get quite a few people to do the kinds of things they've only read about in fairy tales - or science fiction. Get yourself some storybook bad guys and you can do a hell of a lot, from creating novelty urinal cakes to genocide. Just have a look at how the Jews were depicted in the propaganda of the time.