How could so many people support Hitler? - Joseph Lacey

[@LordBledisloe]

I dont think that it's a coincidence that this particular video was recommended at this time...

[@SKVLE]

Why?

[@oioioioioi994]

@@SKVLE They're referring to the US election

[@Vilominelova]

Yup the U.S just elected hate 😮😢

[@Hirnlego999]

@@SKVLE 1. Trump looks up to dictators 2. He is authoritarian 3. Promises easy solutions to complex problems 4. Blames various groups, scapegoats 5. Pushes nationalism 6. says he will purge country of inner enemies (of which he himself is one, being that he attempted a coup) 7. religious fervor 8. Personality cult 9. Anti-intellectualism 10. Anti-press viewpoints 11. Says he wants to deport millions (this is how the Nazis first started) 12. Speaks about migrant detention centers 13. Militarism etc etc etc

[@kushalrijal9453]

Biden succeeded in that area and nothing else.

[@Alexx-Z-12]

this reminds me of Orwell's 1984. "Thinking is our greatest weapon, and it takes personal courage to defy what we're told to believe."

[@PeixuanSong-uk7uz]

It takes courage because a deviate belief is danger. To be wrong is very bad. What we hear from other people is usually correct.

[@dhenderson1810]

Yet most people are sheep who follow the crowd. Only the brave think for themselves and then express it.

[@dawnmariebennett9093]

I feel like Winston Smith, the main character in Orwell’s 1984, when he mused that he feels like he is a minority of one. My friends and even family members were brainwashed by fear and false narratives.

[@spointz8936]

It takes courage to defy AIPAC and call out Israel in America and Western Europe esp in politics and media. It takes critical thinking and courage to defy what all the powers that be and institutions tell us to think and see and not see. That’s what happened in Germany after all

[@magnubeido832]

​@@dawnmariebennett9093 you are not alone friend. Hang in there and find your community of like minded individuals. Lunacy may be a minority of one but when you find a few you won't feel as bad

[@ronthered138]

I have been reading about this stuff since I was twelve years old, and at age 60 I still did not understand it. Now, after the American election, I understand a lot more. Stupidity and greed. Indifference to suffering. Schadenfreud. Stockholm Syndrome. How did people watch the Star Wars movies for decades without understanding that Lucas was talking about America?

[@adityakhanna113]

Wait really? I'm sure someone has written an essay on this. Could you find one?

[@ronthered138]

@adityakhanna113 You are not as funny as you think you are.

[@SteveTheProgressive]

“Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will.” Yoda.

[@zombies4evadude24]

@@adityakhanna113 you can look it up. One of the inspirations for the Galactic Empire was America during the Vietnam War.

[@rb5622]

And in the new episodes, Musk is playing the role of Vader, transforming from Anakin to the Dark Lord under the influence of Orange Palpatine

[@BearsThatCare]

"ordinary people could willingly accept their societal role, even when it contributed to genocide" wow what a relevant episode

[@AbramsLockheed-bv9vz]

TAD foreva

[@nemanjacabarkapalordozunu]

No this is just a propaganda

[@samstromberg5593]

@@nemanjacabarkapalordozunu You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means

[@ahnkor]

Why?

[@robertkadrich3107]

@@nemanjacabarkapalordozunuwhy do you think it’s propaganda?

[@Jam-mr4cv]

“Your grandchildren will study your silence, will you proudly admit that you were complicit when they ask you how the world let it happen?” Not my words

[@Wandererbane]

The world remember those that do not support the Jewish people ONCE AGAIN

[@Noah-sl8cu]

I was brainwashed to believe in it after further examination multiple lies, we also didn’t study anyone’s silence

[@vehx9316]

There was one quote that I heard which sums it up creepily: We thought that it was normal at the time.

[@aaronthenorm5400]

@@Jam-mr4cv And now maybe my extended family understands why I refused to have children! My non kids are safe!

[@Frankbug]

@@vehx9316that’s what Americans are saying about mass deportations and political retribution today in 2024

[@stevec404]

This all requires a certain level of critical reasoning...and a thirst for finding Truth. These basics are sadly missing from too many American 'citizens'.

[@aaronthenorm5400]

Once upon our democratic republic; schools taught critical thinking skills. Guess under which political party did that practice end?!

[@syahrulwahidin27]

Wheres the native ?

[@nicholasdickens2801]

Only because those values are not encouraged and actively kept down.

[@bobblowhard8823]

That's because so many Americans are so lazy when it comes to critical thinking, that it's easier for a fascist leader and his group of thugs to do the thinking for them.

[@jaehenlee7633]

​@bigchongusHHYou know that fascism isn't just being anti semitic, right? Take a look at the definition of fascism

[@LegoCookieDoggie]

So its quite alarming that those who ask you to “be as normal as possible” and “do not fall out of line” may be leading you down the road of isolation and disjointedness

[@yellowstarproductions6743]

Agreed

[@edfreak9001]

anyone who tells you "just be normal" should always be raising alarm bells in your head.

[@rushabhshah.2768]

Politics on h a t e is still practiced today in many countries, indian pm is also followingHitler footsteps

[@woop6078]

@@edfreak9001 It depends on the context. There's some people that definitely should become normal.

[@edfreak9001]

@@woop6078 normality is relative, and in my experience people who are willing to phrase their own experience as some kind of "default" to aspire to rarely have your best interests in mind i'm sure some people have good intentions but humans are weird and messy and ultimately as long as it's not hurting anyone else, it's really nobody else's business how not normal someone is being.

[@thesenate1844]

Its an uncomfortable truth, that in the same situation you would probably support them too, even if just out of safety. Everyone likes to think they would be part of the badass underground resistance, but most people just want to get on with their lives. And despite supporting the regime, only a small portion of people could stomach being a concentration camp guard and seeing mass suffering in person. "Out of sight, out of mind" is an extremely powerful thing.

[@lukewormholes5388]

your overconfidence is your weakness

[@Luke_SkywaIker]

@@lukewormholes5388 That's my line

[@ErnestoBaezF]

So much true that today israelies support the genocide of the Palestinian people and even encourage the government to do it

[@yeetocheeto4810]

willful blindness

[@lockkeythetrickstar5359]

Because most people have families and relatives; only a handful of people have nothing to lose

[@sufykazi]

KZbin's algorithm showing this video on my feed on November 6th...👀

[@JordanHershberger]

Dude same lmao

[@joesmith-em2cd]

Coincidence? I think not.

[@James-gq4tb]

history has repeated itself….

[@derbymon]

​@@James-gq4tbtrump sucks but hes not a fascist

[@khoadangbui9451]

​​@@derbymon he is using fascist tactics for his own crony benefits

[@montacalvos4867]

"We are all born as originals, but many of us die as photocopies" -Carlo Acutis

[@crystalz-h1d]

How is that relevant to the topic?

[@CharlotteXMoon]

That's deep

[@montacalvos4867]

It is related because the video shows that people tend to follow trends, or to subjugate themselves to regimes in which they are seen as "machines" that only fulfill specific functions and do not allow them to have their own thoughts.

[@Anacaona92]

@@crystalz-h1d 2:02

[@agnusdeiquitollispecatamundi]

Your mama ​@@crystalz-h1d

[@oceanicmartian]

For whatever it’s worth… In my experience, the people who harmed me caused less damage to my psyche than the ones who knew I was being harmed yet did nothing to stop it.

[@betsycheddar]

Yup. Nothing hurts worse than the people you thought cared about you watch you suffer

[@eksbocks9438]

It's basically a Double Whammy situation. First, there's the aggression from the cult and their leader. And then they control the narrative to blame anybody who won't cater to them. Then there's everyone else in the background. Who pretend like we don't exist. Some cultures are less prone to it than others. But we're not one of those cultures.

[@seansingh4421]

For me it was the people who actually were getting a kick out of that and chose to join in. And those people are the ones I’ll never forgive or forget and will take the first chance at vengeance if I ever get it

[@ibiyh]

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

[@abdullahzubair1888]

Sounds like someone living in GAZA 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@anon9753]

Watching the US right now reminds me a line I recently heard: “we’ve seen this movie before, just not in English.”

[@shacktime]

That was Carlin.

[@omicron2018]

I think it's pretty clear at this point that 2024 America owes 1930s Germany an apology for being so judgy.

[@VB-oq3wp]

It's actually much worse. Germany in the 1930s was going through severe hyperinflation then deflation and an economic depression. The standards of living in the US in 2024 is substantially higher than that of Germany in the 1930s which makes it so much worse.

[@jonathand.t.5051]

​@@VB-oq3wpThere wasn't even an economic depression this time people were just duped into thinking there was one because the prices were higher after barely avoiding economic catastrophe

[@omicron2018]

@VB-oq3wp Absolutely correct. America has no excuse.

[@brianhowe201]

Nazis were popular in America until the war broke out.

[@aishee3182]

We are watching it right now. We learn from history that we do not learn from history.

[@kittyonmydesk5532]

Worse: they learn, yet choose to act selfish and throw everyone to that path, and as a certain someone said, they leave you to the dogs and watch

[@reizayin]

We saw it with Covid restrictions

[@rynial15]

@@reizayin No?

[@jeffreygao3956]

@@reizayin Not remotely similar!

[@dawarrior95]

Zionism

[@bigbadwolf4845]

has a whoooole different vibe now, doesn't it

[@dsanchez9703]

Unfortunately humanity doesn't learn from the past and similar situations like this are happening today

[@guydht1]

Idk man, where else is an ethnicity being reduced by the millions by their own government?

[@aaaaaaaaa9741]

The hypocrisy of making the video when they censor the people for giving examples of this happening today

[@gabbonoo]

How can it learn more than it already does? Humanity isnt an immortal collective, each person is their own life and ambition. Wisdom and action are thus messy till we give up most freedom and each cost made a standard till we set new priority. Beware cynicism, optimism, and even complacent moderation.

[@eksbocks9438]

Because we still haven't gotten past the Hunter-Gatherer stage yet. They keep coming back. And demand that society make them the "alpha male." Modern technology has just made it easier for them to bully innocent people.

[@serpentphoenix]

@moonsun-143 exactly! Prophet Mohammad commited genocide on jews. Ottomands commited genocide on Armenians. ISIS and Boko Haram commited genocide on christians and yezidis.

[@DetailTherapyPodcastYT]

This was recommended to me on my homepage. I really hope KZbin won't end up being the only remaining place where any sense could be found.

[@rl9217]

Well, this definitely feels like it’s being recommended at an appropriate time.

[@mosman1372]

History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes - Mark Twain.

[@WalayatFamily]

Yeah Israel is the Fourth Reich.

[@mlgcactus1035]

He touched children

[@rushabhshah.2768]

Politics on h a t e is still practiced today in many countries, even indian pm is also followingHitler footsteps

[@aviralgupta393]

​@@rushabhshah.2768 did you vote in this election?

[@rushabhshah.2768]

@@aviralgupta393 I moved to another country for a job, r u indian?

[@generalramgaming6370]

"All the [propaganda],all the screaming and lies and hatred, invariably comes from [the] people who are not fighting it"-George Orwell Homage to Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

[@Yas-gs8cm]

If George Orwell was a clock, he'd show the right time only two minutes a day.

[@nemanjacabarkapalordozunu]

​@@Yas-gs8cmNo he would never show anything

[@samstromberg5593]

@@nemanjacabarkapalordozunu Does that refute his point?

[@mlgcactus1035]

Its a troll ​@@samstromberg5593

[@earth_space5]

Dont go that far just check what happening in Palestine and how media act

[@amyhogarten5038]

I don’t know. Maybe ask the Americans. They may have a fresh perspective on the matter

[@rahmanszn]

Real 😂😂

[@Czarwren]

You mean Europeans

[@amyhogarten5038]

@@Czarwren Nope

[@recordkeepingandinformatio8206]

​@@amyhogarten5038not to live in a glass house and throw stones but if Germany doesn't vote AfD out in February it may be sooner than you think

[@adityakhanna113]

​@@amyhogarten5038 probably every country. Most people are electing far right parties

[@hermes931]

"Murders are not monsters, they're men. And that's the most frightening thing about them. Nothing is ever certain. You save yourself or you remain unsaved." - Alice Sebold

[@google_must_die]

Jesus Christ saves

[@LotsOfFunyoutubechannel]

"Why is every comment a quote?" -Anony

[@Mart77]

"Quoting someone makes one feel more powerful than one can be alone". - my neighbour in blue tanktop

[@racecarrik]

​@@Mart77 "Idk if it's powerful as much as it is intelligent" -me

[@lastlight7423]

I make random quotes everyday - a guy who makes random quotes everyday

[@MyMySuper]

Why won't every comment be a quote?

[@Nagvanshieus]

lol

[@cmolodiets]

"war does not decide who is right. It only determines who is left"

[@Based_location]

R/im14andthisisdeep

[@Idonotknowofname]

The communists: 🗿

[@wtz_under]

@@Idonotknowofnamei initially saw it the same way

[@Aurora-bv1ys]

Cod

[@dhenderson1810]

The one in the wrong is the one who started it by invading.

[@waltershumer4211]

"It says here in this history book that luckily, the good guys have won every single time........... What are the odds?” -Norm MacDonald

[@WalayatFamily]

Looking at Israel what if the Germans were the good guys?

[@thesenate1844]

In an alternate universe where the Germans won, the widely accepted history would probably be that the Germans saved India and Africa from brutal British and French oppression.

[@gxv4078]

Yeah, just like in the Trail of Tears, the Opium Wars, the Winter War, the Mexican American War, the Iraq War....

[@Four-of-Six]

"What is history, but a fable agreed upon?"---- Napoleon Bonaparte

[@waltershumer4211]

@@Four-of-Six the winners of wars write the history books, and one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. It was very disappointing for me to find out there are no real good guys or bad guys in history. Just shades of grey..... But such is life.

[@Nictator42]

Always remember, if you think you're the sort of person who would never be complicit in atrocities, then you're exactly the sort of person who is most vulnerable. The origin of all evil is the pointing of fingers at others and decrying them as evil, without honest and scathing self reflection.

[@rettenthetetlen8759]

This sums up woke brigade on social media.

[@jf794]

@@rettenthetetlen8759 Nah this applies to insecure people like you

[@rettenthetetlen8759]

@@jf794 Insecure? Me? Serious? Quickly tell me how many genders are regarding to a well established woke brigade? I help you. There's two/2

[@rettenthetetlen8759]

@@jf794 Seriously? Insecure? Quickly tell me how many genders are exactly? I'll wait. 😅

[@jmrabinez9254]

Why so you say so?

[@shaider1982]

It's as if the USA both followed Idiocracy and the 3rd reich's example this week.

[@homosapien6031]

😂😂 very true, thanks for the laughs man

[@saintsfearful]

Go watch Idiocracy again and really pay attention to the ending. That would be a better society than what we have.

[@jjhpor]

I think we are facing a kakistocracy, a government run by the least qualified, most unscrupulous, or worst citizens of a country or state.

[@muh.andianto]

Yeah, lately I had question why is it possible to have a state where their ordinary people openly admit to dehumanising the other side

[@woop6078]

Then you need to open your eyes to reality and stop living in a peachy world

[@goawaygosh]

We have that now. We have never not had that. It’s seemingly impossible to belong to one side without dehumanising the other.

[@HitachiTRQ-225]

The better question is, why are there so few countries that dont dehumanize people they dont like

[@kevindefrancesco75]

Israel in one sentence:

[@RivkaMacales]

What you just said made me realize that letting a people who love terrorism an indapendent state is a frightening thought

[@waltershumer4211]

Voltaire - 'To learn who rules over you simply look to those you cannot criticize.'

[@bebedor_de_cafe3272]

he never said that

[@bebedor_de_cafe3272]

it isnt true@@waltershumer4211

[@waltershumer4211]

@@bebedor_de_cafe3272 well truth is a social construct anyway, one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter ,isn't it so?

[@waltershumer4211]

@@bebedor_de_cafe3272 I thought truth was a social construct?

[@bebedor_de_cafe3272]

@@waltershumer4211 it’s not

[@robinhodgkinson]

I would ask how do so many support Trump. In its most basic form, the answer is the same.

[@elasurademexico]

They twist trump words when trump says make America great again. in the opinion they believe this mean make America white again they want to kill Jews and other groups of people

[@magnubeido832]

Writing this after the election in 2024 I wholeheartedly agree. Writing this before someone comes in and writes how we both have TDS and how we lost and should self reflect and rethink who is really supporting the end of democracy and communism and freedom

[@theforcedmeme]

Maybe abandoning the rural working class in favor of an educated bourgeois liberal class was a bad idea?

[@wavejumper3]

​@@theforcedmeme Both parties serve the rich. One is better at pretending they don't. Politics has become a mockery of itself, honestly.

[@hoonhwang4778]

​@@wavejumper3Totally, one guy was much better at selling snake oil. 😢

[@yasmineelsayed11]

The crux of the matter lies in having the courage to think independently and to doubt whether what you perceive as absolute truths are indeed so.

[@luisoncpp]

Not just think independently, but being able to voice that thoughts and discuss them freely. An independent thought doesn't goes too far if it stays independent

[@dmmj123]

Arendt's work is brilliant, but it should be extended to all areas of human relations, not just politics. Those Mexican drug gangs or the financial crimes on Wall Street behave in the same way. It's about what makes educated people break the social contract.

[@alexandercohen1149]

It's already is, it's called "The Human Condition" not "The Politicial Condition"

[@lydiathompson8618]

politics is involved in all those things!

[@HaziqHusaini-kn8cf]

"Why should these Palestinians, who have lived around Jerusalem for hundreds of years, be evicted from their homes so that Jews from Brooklyn can live in them?" - Norman Finkelstein -

[@loggerT123]

Why should the Jews, who were originally from Israel but forced to move around from place to place, be judged?

[@HaziqHusaini-kn8cf]

"After 30 years as a USA politician I learned to never believe Israeli figures" - Colonel Larry Wilkerson

[@HaziqHusaini-kn8cf]

None of them have any ancestral connection to the Holy Land, they're all Eastern European Ashkenazi Khazar converts.

[@f5673-t1h]

@@loggerT123 They CHOSE to do that because that's what their religion told them to; to live among the peoples. Palestinians are just Jews who converted to Islam and remained there.

[@napoleonbonaparte6705]

​@@f5673-t1hno they aren't. They are descendants of Arab colonists who arrived to the land after it's conquest in 636 CE.

[@version365]

"When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent." - Issac Asimov

[@reisig2444]

Just like Trump supporters

[@dhenderson1810]

Such as those who voted Trump back into the Presidency.

[@N911GT2]

Well the US answered that question quite clearly today…

[@itsNabez]

Can't wait to see how wrong you are in 4 years.

[@amberturdcoloringbook1733]

American's lack of proper education just elected the worst person ever again.

[@Czarwren]

By voting

[@cawtisticoctobear]

@@Czarwrenbot

[@Czarwren]

@@cawtisticoctobear you only like democracy when you win. You probably like dictatorship

[@wmegfsiry]

when do we call and consider a genocide a genocide? after it happened? in the past or in history, do we call it during or after the tragedy happens???

[@amitsinay7178]

@@the_highergroundi dont think you understand very well the huge difference, but you dont know nothing about both situations so why would u :)

[@dawarrior95]

We will look back on Gaza in horror.

[@Mangaoreader]

Give them 20 years when it's all over Ted ed will make a video on it and the next generation would scratch their heads on the topic like us today the same way

[@DevoteeOfAergia]

The underdeveloped/developing regions of the world face a similar problem today. Systems of education have been tailored to only serve mathematical and scientific knowledge (which are extremely important) but completely omit social sciences and philosophy, or serve a terrible version of them that does not encourage any deep introspection. This leads to fertile ground for rampant populism that is currently plaguing these societies, where soundbites are a greater cause for action than intellectual reasoning.

[@yellowstarproductions6743]

True

[@ELaster1]

You say that but antisemitism and fascism is still thriving at social sciences faculties, much much more than in STEM. That's what we see now in the campuses of America.

[@binbows2258]

@@ELaster1 protesting against israel is like the opposite of fascism.. if anything its more marxist/islamist in nature.

[@Lucky9Ge]

@@binbows2258you’re watching a video abt gen0cides and supporting Israel 💀💀💀 completely missed the point

[@ELaster1]

@@binbows2258 I'd say my knowledge of the term fascism is first paragraph of Wikipedia level, but it pretty much matches to what you said... Let me than say that "supporting dictatorships that oppose western democratic values" is a good substitution to my use of the word "fascism". Islam and Marxism follow that definition perfectly.

[@rhysaustinVO]

"Any place, every place, where there's hate, where there's prejudice, where there's bigotry, he's alive. He's alive so long as these evils exist. Remember that when he comes to your town. Remember it when you hear his voice speaking out through others. Remember it when you hear a name called, a minority attacked, any blind, unreasoning assault on a people or any human being. He's alive because through these things we keep him alive." - Rod Serling, The Twilight Zone

[@gergelybudai644]

This is as relevant as ever

[@elisethecoolest]

The fact that she was able to look at a person who contributed heavily to the greatest tragedies of her life and wanted to anaylze them for the greater good of society is crazy brave. But so important.

[@Barbara-jn2gw]

that's very well put

[@mingweizhu2455]

the human condition by hannah arendt was an absolutely marvelous account of human existentialism and the deeper agencies and individualities that so uniquely characterize each human being distinctly from one another. it was such a joy to read and dissect the human condition a few school term back at university and i find the account to be more salient than ever in its commentary of both the political climate and its underpinnings in relation to modernity. when men are wholly isolated from one another, no longer engaging in discourse and action and ridding oneself of the plurality of individualities that define each one of us, we are paving the way for isolationistic political trajectories to take over the public sphere. arendt saw it more than 60 years ago, and those words are as pertinent as ever.

[@nedumerita1]

How many views on this since Trump won the election?? America, your Idiocracy is hurting all of us. From Europe with compassion and worry.

[@Czarwren]

Europe is being invaded by Islam

[@recordkeepingandinformatio8206]

Hey not to live in a glass house and throw stones but Germany really does need to learn from us and vote AfD out

[@Czarwren]

@recordkeepingandinformatio8206 it's tolate white European will be a minority in the future look at American being 57% white European census 2021

[@TheAwesomecheez]

Funny that even in Europe Immigration is used as an excuse to elect radicalism

[@theforcedmeme]

Relax Europeans. You'll soon be replaced with ultra nationalist, ultra religious immigrants. We'll negotiate with them on your behalf

[@HippiHelmet]

I've been saying for a while that most people want to know things, not understand things. They take any information at face value or unequivocally accept something just because someone they know told them. People have been demonizing science, learning and critical thinking for quite a while now and it exploded during the pandemic. Having knowledge and education is seen as elitist and unpopular, so he public rebels against it.

[@Halcyon1997]

Thank you for this! This is a brilliant observation.

[@trumpet_boooi]

that actually makes sense, we see the "nerd" emoji used as an insult

[@tommyzai7038]

Now we know how this could happen.

[@rst90274]

It is 1933 Germany in the U.S. right now. Is it time to flee? What happens if the walls go up to keep us in?

[@wenterinfaer1656]

Clowns will be clowns

[@EJ90890]

It's almost like they're trying to say something!! Whatever could it be? Perhaps if it weren't for conditions as described in this video, they'd be able to tell us explicitly.

[@jrhooman]

Ted-Ed plays it smart, while still delivering the exact message they want to. Loved this episode

[@ShofiaNurul]

Exactly! Almost looks like we're in the same situation right now! Unless they're not courageous enough to address the elephant in the room 🤔

[@drabberfrog]

​@@ShofiaNurulthe truth that they are terrorists and deserve no sympathy?

[@arryn786]

This. Just like the Nazi regime, we see the Zionist regime delude their own populace of colonisers to commit genocide in Palestinian land. What makes it worse is that the jewish colonists should be a people deeply familiar with suffering as a result of being treated badly across Europe, and now those exact same groups commit the exact same atrocities in Palestine.

[@citrange077]

This is indeed the situation in India.

[@gaesnek]

One can only wonder why the algorithm is recommending this today 🤔

[@roxy806]

Seeing this after the us elections is depressing

[@ivomeesters2870]

Better download and save this video after goebels, i mean jd vance, will ban all educational history media.

[@rosiemackenzie5976]

Seriously! I suggest you watch J D Vances, his very recent interview about how he grew up poor, and is all for real education, not endocrination of the minions, which is the situation of education in America at present.

[@robertirvine6307]

@@rosiemackenzie5976 If that's true why is he for Project 2025, and wrote the forward?

[@cott299]

@@rosiemackenzie5976 That may be the dumbest thing I've read today.

[@akirebara]

"The banality of evil" is literally what the movie The Zone of Interest was showing us.

[@mosin_boi]

Can't remember who said this but "murdered and monsters don't look like monsters, but appear as regular people and that is what is scary"

[@Arushi701]

*murderers

[@pepperonipizza8200]

“Well, I don’t agree with it personally. But I shouldn’t step in politically because it doesn’t affect me.”

[@2ctheocean]

All you have to do is look at the idiots who voted for Trump a third time and you get it.

[@mikrosixtysix]

Make america great again

[@VukLazarMusic]

Stanford Prison Experiment showed that a great number of people would harm others if so instructed by an authority. Yes, evil is often banal, mundane, normal. But so is good. Hero's are ordinary people that act on their morals and convictions. In the moment, they trust their own evaluation of truth more than authority and reprimand. And then they return to normal. So too, evil is done in moments of ignorance, weakness, and fear before a return to normal. Blind conformity to acceptable views, whatever they may be, is the real enemy.

[@Mk-gk3wv]

Thank you greatly for introducing me to Hannah Arendt. Always happy to learn of another well-working mind.

[@gabbonoo]

another? you have a list?

[@Mk-gk3wv]

@@gabbonoo mentally, yes.

[@yanied9646]

Her work parallels with experiments like Milgrams, which is also very revelatory of the human condition and the possibility of common people to partake in horrible deeds. I feel these are ideas that people really don't want to hear about, and so these are sadly never properly discussed

[@gabbonoo]

@@yanied9646 have you tried a uni psych group? every major city in this country probably has hoards of psychs up for exploration

[@leonardo_rossetti]

Arendt’s contribution to the topic is incalculable. However, she got one thing wrong: Eichmann wasn’t taking orders,he absolutely knew he was initiating the unspeakable evils committed under his command and his cowardice was a facade to genuinely gaslight himself, not just the general public watching his trial.

[@carlosdanli9389]

Most people think they would be the one helping Anne Frank. Covid 19 taught me that most people would be the ones snitching on Anne Frank

[@Magst3r1]

Are you a anti-vaxxer who desperately wants to be special?

[@adityakhanna113]

I don't know how I'd react then but right now, helping the Frank family sounds like a scary premise. When the sikh massacre broke out in india, my family saved their friends in their house, so maybe I will have the courage

[@huzefaimran]

It's amazing how stuff like this is still happening today and there are a handful people supporting it.

[@JD-hi4qf]

So vote it OUT in December

[@_jpg]

​@@JD-hi4qf Which country is going to vote in December? 😮

[@brendasmart553]

Just you say a handful??? 😮

[@MewDenise]

Its happening again

[@DavidGarcia-jc2em]

Kind of reminds me of how people who work for insurance companies deny people covering for life saving producers, they may just be doing there job but also probably sent someone to there death

[@dailyrant4068]

You can thank capitalism for that, because you know it’s “corrupt” if medicine was public service

[@jperry6779]

A right thinking person would not do that job.

[@skygaz3r]

“She saw modernity as an age ruled by labor, where individuals produce goods and services, rather than share ideas and shape communities.. and these conditions provided fertile ground for totalitarianism regimes”. So Arendt believed that poverty - spiritual and moral poverty - was the basis of totalitarianism regimes, which bred evil. Let us think about that for a moment.

[@TheAncientColossus]

I don't get it. What are you insinuating?

[@shubhnamdeo2865]

extreme poverty creates totalitarianism and at times the resistance to the totalitarianism. Before 1929, the Nazis were unpopular, its ideals didn't spread. But in 1929, the great depression came and the Nazis had a surge in popularity and by 1932 they were the world's largest political party, and in 1933 they rose to power, and by 1934 they became a totalitarian dictatorship. Poverty is a major factor that rallies people into such ideologies. The simple promise of ending the problems is enough for them to rally around the dear leader because at the end of the day no one wants to sleep hungry or die poor.

[@marceauberthe]

​@@shubhnamdeo2865 My history teacher can comfirm that poverty is a major factor

[@sridharsengottayan6311]

This is a terrible misinterpretation. 🤦‍♂️

[@quaidrowan]

I hear the price of eggs was high in Weimar Germany. It makes perfect sense.

[@return3168]

There is no perfect storm. This is human nature. America has shown us that

[@aicai.]

We went from scratching our head at the thought of ordinary people choosing to give the nazis their power to willingly give power to their successors

[@user-werenotlucky]

How can so many people support Donald Trump?

[@shacktime]

Envy and spite are powerful drugs.

[@FdK3124]

IDIOCRACY. 🥴😵😵‍💫🤪👻🤠🤯😶‍🌫🤡💩👹👺

[@du_san]

Because People are suffering and desires change in society, and Harris doesn't have any radical policies?

[@someguy-g4r]

​@@du_san stupidity mixed with bigotry.

[@JoenutTheGreat]

Ah yes, because Trump is the answer to all your problems? Idiots. Imbeciles. You get what you deserve.

[@Pthommie]

Americans know the answer to this one. After all, 73M voted for Trump & that decision isn't going to end well either.

[@sebastianalegria3401]

There's no better book than explaining these sorts of regimes is 1984, actually I have a feeling Orwell saw the future coming through his novel. In addition, if you think of actual dictatorships, we have the cases of Venezuela & Cuba whose regimes seem endless.

[@dmac7128]

"formal and informal forums that allowed for open conversations" - her solutions to combat the encroachment of totalitarianism require what are called "third spaces". The problem is they don't exist much anymore.

[@bobbymoss6160]

So what do you call what Israel is doing to the Palestinians now?

[@servantofaeie1569]

Palestine is occupying and genociding Israel! Israel is only defending itself! Free Israel!

[@dontspikemydrink9382]

​@@servantofaeie1569copy and pasting lies

[@Lizard_Ri]

A war to retrieve hostages living in terrible conditions being completely ignored?

[@twinyang1770]

​@@Lizard_Riisrael doesn't care about hostages, silly. They just want to flatten Gaza and build resorts over mass Graves. Common misconception though!

[@matthummel8306]

​@@Lizard_Riif Israel really wants hostages, they would have got them 6 months ago

[@N0Xa880iUL]

Don't be fooled into thinking that nazi germany was some kind of exception. Under the right conditions, it applies to most countries and most religions.

[@kakashihatake1029]

A lesson that Americans will no doubt ignore like every other lesson before it

[@mra4521]

0:33 is that ‘the imperial march’ slowed down and playing in a minor tone? Was it inspired by it?

[@bombaybandit16]

I wish other Europeans were also charged for their crimes against humanity forced through colonization. Especially the britisher's but their descendants are mostly proud of the actions of their ancestors. They claim it was a long time ago and we should get over it. Their ancestors were smart and powerful and what not. Guess time will do the justice.

[@LLandS18]

Is someone who's indigenous I really wish people would stop bringing up the past constantly like it's a weapon to use against other people. At some point we're going to have to put down all the anger we have about things that happen before most of us were even alive and move on. The very fact that you would bring this up when clearly this video is about making reference to what's happening. Israel and Gaza is just right on the nose. It's like the video made a point and it flew right over your head.

[@Czarwren]

Without lies Islam dies

[@onesandzeroes]

How could so many people support Putin? How could so many people support Trump?

[@texasgermancowgirl]

so we are all here huh…

[@alexkakac9087]

I can see that until people actually learn history, it's just gonna repeat again and again

[@malteed5612]

The Zone of Interest is a movie that explores the bureaucracy and complacency of genocide in an interesting way, I feel it is a relevant watch to this video

[@daveyd3734]

Arendt's work is somewhat dated now. History has shown that average germans weren't just going along to get along. They were all in. They ratted out neighbors, civilian groups regularly aided in rounding up Jews to be taken to the ghettos, and they took over jewish people's homes afterward and stole their things. They ripped up floorboards and tore down walls looking for "secret jewish treasure". They weren't conforming to be safe. They were convinced, and committed. And they weren't sorry or guilty, as noted by many allied soldiers who were disgusted by the lack of german remorse. De-nazification had to be forced, germans didn't want it! They allowed the remaining S.S. to openly reform as a "proud of their loyal service veteran's group." To my mind, conformity was a secondary behavioral characteristic flowing from the conscious choice to live as a cult. And a related point, wasn't there recently a journal of eichmann's found which showed his personal hatred for the jews and strongly indicated he wasn't just a paper pusher? I could be wrong on that one though.

[@brianhowe201]

I wish the US had their own version of de-nazification after the civil war. The South has been an unending source of hate and ignorance ever since.

[@walterpost9073]

Well, how can so many people follow Trump? It’s the same answer.

[@ZackMaddox-gd1zk]

November 23, 2024. Only a month or so until this repeats itself.

[@dotpy7928]

This is applicable to Russia now. Nazism transformed into Russizm which is now even more dangerous since it also involves religion as one of its pillars and criminals in power (Hitler & Mussolini were not criminals before getting into power).

[@mymal2002]

Don't forget about Zionism.

[@dailyrant4068]

Not at all. You can also thank the geopolitic masterminds of the modern world. It’s propaganda to believe that all faults fall on one side. It’s almost never true in real life and you know it.

[@aknature1575]

@@mymal2002except Austria didn’t invade Germany first, but Hamas (A terrorist organization) invaded Israel first. Is their response careless and overkill? Yes, but it’s not a genocide nor is it nazism.

[@praveenkrishnamoorthy6528]

​@@aknature1575Except the invasion started in 1948 (the very creation of an ethno-state based on religion and propagated into existence by violence).

[@jamesjobe927]

Seems fitting to watch this now on the eve of the 2024 US Election.

[@joechen9770]

Serious question - how does one tell whether they are a free thinker in an oppressive regime or a conspiracy theorist in a normal society? Not that I have that concern myself, but I guarantee Alex Jones supporters for example think they're in the former.

[@HIFLY01]

If you think that theres nothing wrong with society and "the good guys win again", its propaganda

[@dailyrant4068]

Or a third option, people who think they are free thinkers in a seemingly “free” society but manipulated

[@lorddominonexus]

It's terrifying to think that sometimes the ordinary act can contribute to an uncanny cause

[@manda60]

BOY THIS AGED WELL

[@RR-in7do]

Never thought I'd be castigated for saying "killing kids is wrong".

[@charitouskanaley8569]

History repeats its self in 2025

[@TheRealMake-Make]

They did it again.

[@romanz3423]

They same way they supported Trump.

[@nicholasdickens2801]

Even before watching I’d say two major factors are fear and getting people to shut themselves off from other people. To not show empathy - which is a basic building block of human emotion. It’s a foundation than enables humans to connect with others.

[@YTSparty]

How are so many people supporting Israel?

[@Boneslens]

American’s support

[@dhenderson1810]

Why are so many people supporting a terrorist group like Hamas?

[@Mangaoreader]

I seriously don't know how they think, I get it since I'm a centre right but to not just support something like it but to comment on it and justifying it is insane

[@양익서-g8j]

피곤하지 않고 고통받지 않아야 평화가 유지됩니다.

[@yellowstarproductions6743]

True

[@gabbonoo]

external peace is a lack of something so maintenance is a deceptive descriptor.

[@jacobbarr9569]

This is very important to remember as we navigate our impending future here in the states. Take care everyone

[@ashram12]

I’m going to disagree with a portion of that lady’s thesis: society doesn’t need to impede people’s ability to think, a lot of people are “naturally” unable to think.

[@lydiathompson8618]

this kind of thinking enables things like genocide. classifying people as naturally abhorrent or unintelligent / animalistic encourages genetic superiority theories. this creates divides that allow people to be treated as animals. we need to acknowledge the humanity in all of us.

[@FruityHachi]

using fear and violence to induce obedience and destroy free thinking starts with parenting, ordinary people who consider diligent obedience the highest form of civic duty starts with parents teaching them that

[@randomuser7375]

"Because in order to be able to think, you have to risk being offensive." Not my words but someone said it

[@vehx9316]

The most horrifying thing one could say is " I was just following orders".

[@mashupotato_]

Been loving the episodes of political theory in TED-Ed lately! Just recently we had a Rawls episode. Kudos 👏🏽

[@gh5972]

Saddle up; we need this wisdom for Trump 2.0

[@happynurse8706]

This is happening right in front of our eyes, there's no possible way an American with critical thinking skills and a sense towards good could ever have elected Donald Trump.

[@fujinshu]

Critical thinking goes out the window when your bank balance is low. That’s not a bug, it’s a feature of free-market capitalism.