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Amat's avatar

The parallels between what happened in 1940s Germany and 2020s covid era are frightening. The old lady who was a holocaust survivor was talking about brain washing, it can convince people to follow orders without questions, no matter how ultimately cruel those orders are, they are committed to doing it for the greater good. She said it can happen to anyone if you are brainwashed enough you could become a "good" SS team player and I believe that. Jonathan Van Tam also reminded me of a good team player, his analogy of the train leaving the station frightened me then and it still does. His folksy, friendly grandfather manner was a front for someone who was on a mission to get as many people as possible to board his "train" and it was of course for the greater good. For me the covid era has answered how Germany accepted the inhumane killing and torture of humans in their own country and most did not question it.

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Valerie Nelson's avatar

The trouble is it’s just too atrocious and terrifying for the majority of people to hear, especially for those who, mostly unknowingly, played an active part. I’ve always thought that history could so easily repeat itself and this just fills me with sadness and despair because we’re still in the midst of it. How on earth do we move forward?

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