They DID see it coming, but they thought they were part of the in-group that wouldn’t be affected. A disturbingly large number of us Americans are A-OK with fascism because they think they’ll reap the benefits with none of the downside. We love punishment when it happens to The Other.
Susan Sontag was asked what she had learned from the Holocaust, and she said that 10% of any population is cruel, no matter what, and that 10% is merciful, no matter what, and that the remaining 80% could be moved in either direction” —Kurt Vonnegut
They DID see it coming, but they thought they were part of the in-group that wouldn’t be affected. A disturbingly large number of us Americans are A-OK with fascism because they think they’ll reap the benefits with none of the downside. We love punishment when it happens to The Other.
Susan Sontag was asked what she had learned from the Holocaust, and she said that 10% of any population is cruel, no matter what, and that 10% is merciful, no matter what, and that the remaining 80% could be moved in either direction” —Kurt Vonnegut