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dedl67

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1. The increasing level of violence is bad. It might presage worse.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Mon May 25, 2026, 05:24 AM

7 hrs ago

Near the end of Thomas Mann’s Der Zauberberg, an increasing level of random violence sweeps over the tuberculosis sanatorium Berghof (in Davos), a microcosm and mirror of Europe as a whole. This ‘great excitability' Mann portrays is a sign of the horror to come. The last pages depict the plunging of Europe, from its high point of civilization, into the chaos of World War I.

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The increasing level of violence is bad. It might presage worse. dedl67 7 hrs ago #1