monoamine
4mo ago
That's true, but if hypothetically all of the notable Jewish scientists stayed in Germany, it's possible other powers would have gotten nuclear weapons much later. Einstein's letter to Roosevelt in 1939 may have been instrumental for the start of the Manhattan Project.
In which case they still would've lost, all else being equal, but overall it definitely benefitted their allies. The ideology spawning things like Aryan Physics (which sought to deny relativity and all other "Jewish physics") shows how untenable it was for scientific superiority.
monoamine
4mo ago
I don't think Trump is Hitler, but I'd echo JD Vance's initial sentiment: he has some signs of being an early-stage Hitler. Or at least an early-stage Caesar figure. January 6 and the fake electors plot highly updated that probability in my mind. Would the senators have wanted to assassinate Caesar before he crossed the Rubicon? Probably not many.
I agree the people calling him "literally Hitler" are hyperbolizing and most don't really believe it, but the hyperbole is backed by the genuine belief (which I agree with) that he may pose a major threat to American democracy. The ascension of Vance, backed by the anti-democratic Thiel and who respects the anti-democratic Yarvin, also does not bode well.
So, just because I see him as an authoritarian threat doesn't mean I think he should be assassinated. A threat is just a potential until it's realized. There is some threshold after which I think assassination could be morally justifiable, and I don't think he's met it. Many people I know do think he has, which leads to some awkward conversations.
monoamine
1yr ago
The fact that people get so mad about [X] leads me to believe there must be something to it
I don't think this is a good tendency. Possibly related: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/qNZM3EGoE5ZeMdCRt/reversed-stupidity-is-not-intelligence
I don't personally agree with it, but I'd say the majority of the right has no problems doing the exact same. Each side dehumanizes the other.
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