The full cost of totalitarian rule remains unpaid in both Germany and Russia

Evidence

The truth is that the price of totalitarian rule was so high that in neither Germany nor Russia has it yet been paid in full. — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 47

Categorization

Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims

• QUESTION: What would ‘paying the price in full’ mean — reparations, acknowledgment, institutional reform? Worth chasing in later chapters on the aftermath of totalitarianism.

Broader Connections

• Self-mutilation to evade conscription recurred across Napoleon’s France, Russia, and WWI Britain. #complicates (0.72) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 593