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In reply to the discussion: 99% of the problem. [View all]Ping Tung
(1,170 posts)29. Hannah called it "the banality of evil".
"The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil" - Hannah Arendt, the Life of the Mind
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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'm compelled to think every one of those persons would condemn war in no uncertain terms.
jaxexpat
1 hr ago
#38
An excellent point by the woman who famously described Eichmann as an expression of the "banality of evil."
NNadir
8 hrs ago
#11
And it is best when you can wrap your tyrrany in a flag and coat it with religion.
erronis
8 hrs ago
#13
I recently found out of a currently existing earthquake in fundamental truth in my family.
Tetrachloride
8 hrs ago
#14
According to the Hannah Arendt Center for Humanities and Politics this is not an accurate quote.
Jim__
4 hrs ago
#30
That's the only strategy of the MAGA GOP: make the American people doubt the integrity and usefulness
Martin68
4 hrs ago
#31
Corollary: The Republicans being lied to believe this quote describes Democrats.
Beartracks
3 hrs ago
#36