Jostein,
(sorry, I took me several days to finish my response - some crazy events..)
Yes, I think we understood each other correctly.
Our contemporary references might be based (in part) on different facts
and observations. I see examples of various neo-{..., ..., ...} groups and
growing attitudes throughout Europe. But you probably see many more signs
of those.
Also, for me, the rise of Trump in the last year with an obvious reluctance of media
and "intellectuals" keep bringing up in my memory the history leading to
1933 and beyond.
As for right-wing vs. left-wing, I've always thought that (as in math) -
extreme right and extreme left meet each other... Infinity to the positive
side of the axis meets the infinity to the negative side.
After all,
dividing by positive infinity and by negative infinity both yield zero.
Cheers,
Igor
Jostein Øksne Sat, 25 Jun 2016 02:40:47 -0700 wrote:
I assume you refer to Germany anno 1933, Igor?
With UKIP so prominently featured in Brexit, I've pondered the same. But
absolutism isn't right-wing only. The opposition against EU in my country for
example, is mostly leftist.
Jostein
Den 25. juni 2016 05.17.22 CEST, skrev Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]>:
Brilliant!
Thank you all (Jostein, Mark and B.R.) for two well formulated thoughts.
I am also glad to see that I am not the only one seeing similarities between
some of today's events and 1933's. (Although that decreases my hope that I
was wrong in my evaluation.)
Igor
Mark Roberts Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:10:21 -0700 wrote:
Jostein Øksne wrote:
it seemed that the less people actually knew, the more absolutist their
arguments
Bertrand Russell summed up that (universal) phenomenon nicely in 1933:
"The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the
stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt."
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