Re:George Orwell’s 1940 Review of Mein Kampf
by zozbot234 on Sunday July 17, 2022 @01:18PM
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> Having an education and little investment in the existing social order
The problem back then was the latter. Many of them were not interested in productive work of any kind, simply because their pre-modern worldview would've equated this with a loss of station. Hence the sense of "elite" entitlement and ensuing "radicalization".
Re:George Orwell’s 1940 Review of Mein Kampf
by pydry on Sunday July 17, 2022 @01:49PM
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It's the combination. People with little investment in the existing social order without education dont tend to organize themselves sufficiently to be any kind of threat by themselves.
The problem back then was the latter. Many of them were not interested in productive work of any kind, simply because their pre-modern worldview would've equated this with a loss of station. Hence the sense of "elite" entitlement and ensuing "radicalization".