Should people read mein kampf to be educated about WW2 and Nazi ideology? Or should it be censored?

I think the only way we can stop people from being like hitler is to BURN that book. Honestly, I hate Hitler so much, and am so virtuous and better than you, I even say we burn all books that sympathize with Nazi's or present their ideology in a positive light. Hell, I say we have a ministry of truth to protect us from bad ideas.

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robertsnj · 56-60, M

BRUUH I am assuming this is another of your posts to provoke a reaction. I read it 15 plus years ago. You can read it online translated into English. He was really dumb. All incoherent mystical mumbo jumbo. He shoulda stuck to his silly art career.

His generals were running that war. He was way too stupid to do any operational stuff.

on a sidenote he killed religion in Germany. He considered being a Catholic Priest at one point in his life and a lot of his ideology was rooted in his religious beliefs -which is partially why we waned the Jews exterminated.

He use to paraphrase Martin Luther (founder of Lutheranism ) in his speeches / specifically from Luther's book "On the Jews and their Lies"

Post WW2 Germany was so repulsed by Hitler's thought process (or at least most of them) that religion took a nose dive in their country and currently, according to DW.DE (large German e-news site) only 1/3 of Germans feel religion is important in their lives. In Germany no longer is Gott mit uns

In relation to @MistyCee the religious fever we have in the USA today, and to some extend the antisemitism is near or at what Germany had in the 1930's The Southern Poverty Law Center has some of the most robust tracking of antisemitism of the US curranty

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the religious fever we have in the USA today, and to some extend the antisemitism is near or at what Germany had in the 1930's The Southern Poverty Law Center has some of the most robust tracking of antisemitism of the US curranty

This might go down as the stupidest thing ever written.

And you cite the SPLC as reinforcement? 🤡😅🤣😅😭. The SPLC is a thoroughly corrupt, mendacious, anti white and anti American pile of elephant diarrhea. They have less credibility than Pravda. Or even CNN! 😱

BRUUH · VIP

@robertsnj "religion took a nose dive". Must be a pretty big nose to take a dive off of. Must be.. a Jew nose. 😂

Hahaha jk, I am not antisemitic. I actually am listening to mein kampf on audiobook right now. I'm not impressed. I find the hate expressed wholly unjustified.

robertsnj · 56-60, M

@BRUUH I apologize. I realize you are not antisemitic and sorry if that wording made it appear as such. I just notice you like putting up posts that are controversial and that this post fit the mold.

BRUUH · VIP

@robertsnj Well honestly, I do kind of find it fun to get people thinking about tabboo ideas. But I do give you my word that I actually DON'T do it just because (or even mainly because) I enjoy making people angry. I honestly am drawn to study the philosophy of tabboo figures as much as the good ones. I study MLK, and I study Hitler. I study charles manson, and Anne Frank.

robertsnj · 56-60, M

@BRUUH what did you learn from Hitler? did you read Mein Kampf? on a shorter note I don't think Hitler's thoughts are considered tabboo at least in my country (USA) white supremacy has some momentum in the USA . In that idea not sure if tabboo fits his race theory

BRUUH · VIP

@robertsnj I'm not finished with mein kampf. I have read the doctrine of fascism by Giovoni Gentile and Benito Musolini (but mostly Gentile). The one radical far right belief I managed to end up agreeing with is that equality as an idea is pretty absurd. Granted, I'm not talking about racial equality, I'm talking about ideas like the fact that everyone, merely by birth, has the right to vote and has a say in our government. I don't understand why that is the case. I do think hierarchies should exist, tho if they get too rigid and authoritarian, we become lost, so I still generally support freedom and rights.

robertsnj · 56-60, M

@BRUUH could you ask

should hierarchies exist

and if so in what capacity? If not why not in a post? it is certainly an interesting question. I read Mein Kampf really long time ago---Hitler seemed too dumb or piss poor at expressing his ideas for it to have any post introspection. Wrote some of it or maybe most of it while serving time. I thought he may have been on drugs because much of it was so incoherent.

BRUUH · VIP

@robertsnj Decisions should be made by good leaders capable of exhibiting ability, virtue, compassion, and honor. I also don't think everyone should have the right to vote just for being an american citizen. Someone is out there who thinks the earth is flat, andrew tate is a good man, cardi b is real music, and that they are entitled not to pay child support to the kid they abandonned. <Why should this person have a say in our government? I don't think all rights should be universal. The right to keep and bear arms isn't avaliable to convicts, for instance.

robertsnj · 56-60, M

@BRUUH if you are American (not sure where you are) that is the gov we have now--a democratic republic where we have elected officials who shape and manage policies on our behalf and in our absence. None of us non government folk look international trade, international relations, fiscal policy or write state legislation for government enforcement. Hitler didn't want that he wanted a Christian theocracy. Your idea of hierarchies is fascinating and could make a nice discussion but would be buried in muddled in this thread by about a man who advocated the creation of a theocratic nation (1930's Germany)

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Hitler didn't want that he wanted a Christian theocracy.

Gee the church ran Nazi Germany? Wow! Which denomination?