Nazism’s deepest malevolence lay in its will to die for the cause
Evidence
Strangely, it is almost as if the film seems to suggest that what was irredeemably malevolent about the Nazis was their will to die for the cause. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 387
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Nazism required universal death exposure to constitute itself a superior race — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 8468; The Nazi state distributed the sovereign power to kill across all citizens; Fascist body-worship masks a repressed death-wish that aligns with killing — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 222 (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Nazism required universal death exposure to constitute itself a superior race
#corroborates(0.85) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 8468 - Fascist body-worship masks a repressed death-wish that aligns with killing
#corroborates(0.82) — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 222 - Nazis deliberately destroyed Germany to confirm their defeat prophecy.
#exemplifies(0.78) - The Nazi state distributed the sovereign power to kill across all citizens
#expands(0.70)