An Allegory. El Greco.
What ought we do with the neo-nazis taking to our city streets? As much as I advocate for awareness of the material conditions that bring about conflict between different groups of working class people, we cannot merely tolerate the intolerant. Long term solutions require economic liberation and equity. In the short term, we need to defend ourselves.
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Faithful Unto Death. Edward John Poynter. Painting of a guard remaining at their post during the eruption at Pompeii. This painting was incredibly popular during the Victorian period, when concepts of absolute duty and obedience to the military were appealing.
Is punishment for nazi war criminals, indoctrinated from a young age, appropriate? A discussion about Oskar Gröning, the accountant of Auschwitz, and them being successfully convicted of 300, 000 counts of accessory to murder.
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