Comments by "Louis Giokas" (@louisgiokas2206) on "" video.

Peterson's description of Hitler's psychological. following Jung, is very interesting and important. The idea of what Ferguson calls the false dichotomy of structural forces and significant individuals in history is also important to understand. It seems to me that there is an interplay between the two throughout history. Actually, what this reminds me of is a science fiction series by Asimov. It is called Foundation. In it, a group of psychohistorians (I believe that is what they were called) used statistics focusing on the structural aspects to map out the probable future. Then, along comes the "Mule" a strong figure with outstanding abilities, who disrupts everything. After reading that series, in the early 1970s, I have always thought of Hitler as the Mule.
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@AllOtherNamesUsed I had to look up those speeches. I was familiar with the Biblical reference though. Actually, there are many references in the Old Testament to "putting under the ban" whole populations. That was a common occurrence in those times. I don't know if it is a problem. I would not have used those references, but then I live in the US. Our situation is different. Personally, I don't think such references are useful in Israel at this time. Beyond the effect on the Israeli public, I think such references will have negative repercussions in other places. While I fully support Israel, I have always had a nagging feeling about states that are "national", again probably because I am in the US. I have to remember that most of the world's nation states are just that, national.
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Nazism as a reaction to Bolshevism is a perfectly reasonable idea. What is interesting is that both were collectivist movements, and both were socialist. Recall that the Nazi party was the National SOCIALIST German Workers Party. Bolshevism was internationalist, whereas Nazism was nationalistic and racially based. The Soviet's leadership included lots of Jews and people who were not of Russian ethnicity. Stalin was himself a Georgian, not a Russian. When the Germans invaded the Soviet Union, they were actually welcomed by large parts of the population. They rejected these people. I have read and listened to a number of German soldier's war diaries. Many of the common soldiers could not understand this attitude. As they got to know the local people, they began to have sympathy with them, which was not shared by the leadership. This proved to be a catastrophe for the Nazis, but it was a flaw built into their ideology.
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