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monos_muertos t1_j1cyczk wrote

Reply to comment by Gibletbiggot in Gerda Weissman Klein was one of only 120 survivors of a 350 mile Death March during the Holocaust; it began with over 4,000 people. In this clip she tells of the last time she ever saw her father, and credits her survival to the intuitive last words he spoke to her. by asday515

Repeat is inevitable. Humans gonna human.

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Peter_deT t1_j1dasgx wrote

It took the Nazi a decade to build the institutions and the mind-set to carry out their program. It was deliberate and structured - even if it started on existing foundations. And while brutality is common (although not as common as the news would have us think), this form and scale are very rare. It can be avoided.

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pyabo t1_j1fwmcj wrote

Yea it's only happened three or four times since then. /s

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Gibletbiggot t1_j1d0mxg wrote

I know. We are just hairless apes. Our society has evolved rapidly but our minds are still almost exactly the same as they were in the bronze age. Brutality is part of us like anything else. I just hope we can make it less and less hearing these stories.

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Toast_Guard t1_j1dujjv wrote

Lazy, defeatist mentality. You don't have to try to make the world a better place if you're already a quitter. You don't have to contribute to society if at the end of the day you disregard all forms of humanitarian efforts because "lol humans gonna human".

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IforgotwhatIwasdoing t1_j1ejzzm wrote

At this point in my life, if you're not a pessimist I assume you're a rube.

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Toast_Guard t1_j1emepl wrote

I don't blame you for expecting the worst in society when you are actively contributing to the problem yourself. You're the pinnacle of a pseudointellectual.

Stay lazy and submissive; myself and many others have enough drive to pick up your slack.

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likesleague t1_j1dxc83 wrote

A pessimistic view is that the evil stuff people do to each other in wars and genocides and so on is repeated precisely because it's how to effectively achieve the most basic goal in such situations. Get power and use it.

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