re: #215 Pawn of the Oppressor

But, point is, there are a whole lot of people out there who don’t understand the process of dehumanization and all they see is the organizational skill, but it’s taboo in our culture to ask WHY the Germans organized murder so well. The answer is that if you don’t see people as people, it’s pretty easy to round them up like a commodity and do what you want to them.

Of course, if we attack the concept of dehumanization, suddenly the whole power structure of the modern Right falls apart, because if you see your designated enemies* as human, then how are you going to have any fun squishing them?

An excellent response, thank you. I think you’ve hit on something key here. We don’t do enough to explain the underlying xenophobia that created conditions for the Holocaust.