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c-rational

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3. K&R

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Thu Oct 24, 2024, 09:46 AM

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99% of the problem. [View all] 634-5789 9 hrs ago OP

Wow, I never read that before. Bluethroughu 8 hrs ago #1

I've seen it before. We all need reminders of shit like this from time to time...nt Wounded Bear 8 hrs ago #6

I'll never forget it. Bluethroughu 8 hrs ago #7

My immediate response also. WOW. liberalla 8 hrs ago #15

It's the essence of gaslighting, a common tactic of narcissists. wnylib 7 hrs ago #19

Yes DENVERPOPS 6 hrs ago #25

Wonder how she survived WWII KS Toronado 8 hrs ago #2

*she LoveTheDU 8 hrs ago #4

Hannah Arendt lived her final years in NYC having escaped the Nazis in 1940 FakeNoose 8 hrs ago #5

LOL, should have looked closer at the name, Thanks KS Toronado 8 hrs ago #9

K&R c-rational 8 hrs ago #3

War brings out the worst in people. What else would a war on truth summon? jaxexpat 8 hrs ago #8

War brings out the worst in many people, soldierant 3 hrs ago #34

I'm compelled to think every one of those persons would condemn war in no uncertain terms. jaxexpat 1 hr ago #38

Bought The Origins of Totalitarianism after Jan 6 jfz9580m 8 hrs ago #10

Got it in college from a retiring Poli Sci prof... lastlib 45 min ago #40

An excellent point by the woman who famously described Eichmann as an expression of the "banality of evil." NNadir 8 hrs ago #11

Besides Trump and the GOP Farmer-Rick 8 hrs ago #12

And it is best when you can wrap your tyrrany in a flag and coat it with religion. erronis 8 hrs ago #13

But those stories were born out of allegory. LisaM 6 hrs ago #23

When I was a kid Farmer-Rick 4 hrs ago #32

Thank you. soldierant 3 hrs ago #35

And they're the dangerous ones. n/t lastlib 43 min ago #41

I recently found out of a currently existing earthquake in fundamental truth in my family. Tetrachloride 8 hrs ago #14

How true birdographer 8 hrs ago #16

Hannah Arendt is a great read bucolic_frolic 7 hrs ago #17

She truly was brilliant Wiz Imp 7 hrs ago #20

Very interesting and so true TommieMommy 7 hrs ago #18

Truth! KnR. n/t iluvtennis 7 hrs ago #21

Wow! That is an AMAZING quote. calimary 6 hrs ago #22

AI seems designed to carry out this philosophy. LisaM 6 hrs ago #24

Small Wonder? jfz9580m 6 hrs ago #27

I can no longer distinguish between... lame54 6 hrs ago #26

Precisely what is happening in America dlk 5 hrs ago #28

Hannah called it "the banality of evil". Ping Tung 5 hrs ago #29

According to the Hannah Arendt Center for Humanities and Politics this is not an accurate quote. Jim__ 5 hrs ago #30

That's the only strategy of the MAGA GOP: make the American people doubt the integrity and usefulness Martin68 5 hrs ago #31

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby 4 hrs ago #33

Corollary: The Republicans being lied to believe this quote describes Democrats. Beartracks 3 hrs ago #36

Indeed they do. MontanaMama 2 hrs ago #37

A lot of the things that MAGATS believe Mr.Bill 43 min ago #42

A most amazing and profound human being. Kid Berwyn 1 hr ago #39