I spent a good part of this early afternoon not on Hubski but instead trawling through Wikipedia, one of my favorite occupations. Some days I read about serial killers, other days PROJECT MK-ULTRA, sometimes about famous artists or poets. Another subject I return to with regularity is the Holocaust and associated articles; I often end up with a link-storm at the end of the day. Today I began my wikipedia journey because of a brief discussion with a friend about the phrase "Work will set you free," which as you probably know was emblazoned about several death camps, most notably Auschwitz and Dachau.
This seemed like too relevant, and interesting, of a post not to share.
How is deleting history ever a good idea? I mean where do you draw the line? Surely we have to learn from the mistakes of the past as well as the triumphs. What next; we have always been at war with Eastasia? Also surely banning the book is only going to increase the interest, regardless of the validity of the material. Just like The Anarchists Cookbook. "Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads." - George Bernard Shaw
I had an almost dangerous obsession with Hitler in middle school. Anyone with the capability to be objective and critical, with an interest in history, should read Mein Kampf.
I don't know to me Hitler was a nebish a man without particular skill, or unique thought an incompetent. If it were not him it would have been another nothing person Germany was ready for evil and he was a avatar of that urge. He ran his country from rags to ashes with a brief ponzi fueled bubble. He opened fronts he did not need to, picked fights he could not win. Ran a insanely ineffective government. I have read his book and it only reinforced the banality of evil to me.
Even it that he is third rate
I see Jews every time I hang with the family but never met a native Tasmanian. England is nothing compared to Brazil. Brazil is in the lead for genocide.
Some along the lines of 1000 ethnic groups totally gone.
Well I wouldn't read it if you are looking for great ideas or a riveting plot, but it did have a major of influence on the nation of people who started the second world war and committed the most well known genocide ever, so for that reason it's worth reading if you are interested in history. Hitler was one of the most influential people of the twentieth century, so I would think it goes without saying that to understand the man it wouldn't hurt to read his manifesto/autobiography, especially if you are interested in the second world war. Obviously there are plenty of history books worth reading, there are enough worth reading that it's impossible for any one person to read them all in a lifetime. Maybe I should have been more specific and said anyone who has an interest in the second world war should read the book, and that a summary would probably suffice for most people, but I definitely believe if you have any interest in history you should at least learn a little bit about the book.
I read it back in 2005, when I was a freshman in high school and even then I could it was a silly, badly written piece of shit. Granted he might have been an influential person in the 20th century, but that's no reason to read that heaping pile of dung. If you want to get at the meat of what made him so damn influential, go watch Triumph of The Will. Which if I'm not mistaken was a documentary / actuality footage collection filmed "live" during those speeches and gatherings. I haven't watched it myself, but might just to see if all I've heard in school/s about him being charismatic are correct.