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madaboutharry

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5. There is a classic scene in the movie "Hannah and Her Sisters."

Fri Sep 18, 2020, 03:03 PM

Sep 2020

(I know, Woody Allen, Ugh....)

But anyway, Max Von Sydow portrays the brooding artist and older lover of Barbara Hershey. He is sitting in their apartment, morose, and says:

"You missed a very dull TV show on Auschwitz. More gruesome film clips, and more puzzled intellectuals declaring their mystification over the systematic murder of millions. The reason they can never answer the question "How could it possibly happen?" is that it's the wrong question. Given what people are, the question is "Why doesn't it happen more often?"

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For the first 49 years of my life, I wondered how the Holocaust could have happened. [View all] soothsayer Sep 2020 OP

Absolutely. LizBeth Sep 2020 #1

I've spent most of my 70+ years worried about when it happens again randr Sep 2020 #2

Genocide is a constant theme in human history. roamer65 Sep 2020 #3

An almost universal theme is the replacement of hunter/gatherers by agriculturalists Klaralven Sep 2020 #8

And now the workers/hunters/gatherers by technologists and vulture capitalists. erronis Sep 2020 #20

Yes, the '70s were the end of the "rising tide lifts all boats" era. Klaralven Sep 2020 #28

I bow to your wisdom. jaxexpat Sep 2020 #19

Same here PatSeg Sep 2020 #50

Well said, great post, TY. appalachiablue Sep 2020 #53

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." (Voltaire) The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2020 #4

great quote, thanks ! nt steve2470 Sep 2020 #27

Extremely germane quote. scarletwoman Sep 2020 #41

There is a classic scene in the movie "Hannah and Her Sisters." madaboutharry Sep 2020 #5

+1000 smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #31

Rwanda being a more recent case in point... Disaffected Sep 2020 #38

Uyghurs, actually. Just FYI aidbo Sep 2020 #40

Thanks, Disaffected Sep 2020 #43

Phonetically it sounds like wiegers aidbo Sep 2020 #44

It does but, Disaffected Sep 2020 #49

Today the Rohingya in Myanmar are being raped and slaughtered by their government. Marcuse Sep 2020 #46

believers of 2 similar relgious groups conspire to kill members of a different religious group. msongs Sep 2020 #6

Intriguing. Christian and Muslim vs. Jewish? erronis Sep 2020 #23

Read Hitler's Willing Executioners by Daniel Goldhagen. Sneederbunk Sep 2020 #7

People Aren't Smart Enough moondust Sep 2020 #9

I think of this often KT2000 Sep 2020 #10

K&R, uponit7771 Sep 2020 #11

we need a lot more study and understanding of cognitive science DaisyTom Sep 2020 #12

Welcome to DU. You make a most excellent point. niyad Sep 2020 #15

. DaisyTom Sep 2020 #22

I think I disagree CloudWatcher Sep 2020 #32

I'm betting there are thousands of doctoral dissertations on this subject erronis Sep 2020 #36

That's for sure. wendyb-NC Sep 2020 #13

It's not surprising it happened when you look at anti semitism in Europe JI7 Sep 2020 #14

Yes, the foundation was already set. Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2020 #24

Exactly what I told me kids. Pepsidog Sep 2020 #16

Indeed! nt Wounded Bear Sep 2020 #17

I read 2/3rds of the young people today never HEARD of the Holocaust. Tommymac Sep 2020 #18

Like many museums, the US Holocaust Museum appalachiablue Sep 2020 #51

Thank You so much for posting this. What We Do Matters. Tommymac Sep 2020 #56

I'm over 60 Harker Sep 2020 #21

Some insight in these books pat_k Sep 2020 #26

Thank you. I appreciate that. n/t Harker Sep 2020 #58

A couple book you might be interested in pat_k Sep 2020 #25

You'll be seeing a lot of the Nuremberg defense in the next coming years Dukkha Sep 2020 #29

+1 At least one I suspect now who's been in the news appalachiablue Sep 2020 #55

I used to be mystified too, but no longer, I totally get it now nt steve2470 Sep 2020 #30

It's Actually Easy To Do... COL Mustard Sep 2020 #45

Read John Dean's New Book if you want to understand what in human nature allows Darwin2019 Sep 2020 #33

Link to publisher of Authoritarian Nightmare. erronis Sep 2020 #39

I was going through the same exercise last night, as I noted in the history forum here: NNadir Sep 2020 #34

Trump sounds more like Hitler every day. patphil Sep 2020 #35

The day Trump got the GOP nomination CloudWatcher Sep 2020 #37

Shanna Tova, Rabbi..... COL Mustard Sep 2020 #42

Same here. At the end of WWII, TxVietVet Sep 2020 #47

Rabbi, my husband & I agree, and we are 73. His parents survived the Holocaust... Hekate Sep 2020 #48

Yes. I see clearly now how the Holocaust could have happen. Blue_true Sep 2020 #52

Rt.. Cha Sep 2020 #54

Me either live love laugh Sep 2020 #57