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Hannah Arendt | The real goal of totalitarian ideology

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“The real goal of totalitarian ideology is not the transformation of the external conditions of human existence and not the revolutionary reorganization of the social order, but the transformation of human nature itself, which, as it is, constantly opposes the totalitarian process. … What is at stake in total domination is really the essence of man.” Hannah Arendt “Das eigentliche Ziel totalitärer Ideologie ist nicht die Umformung der äußeren Bedingungen menschlicher Existenz und nicht die revolutionäre Neuordnung der gesellschaftlichen Ordnung, sondern die Transformation der menschlichen Natur selbst, die, so wie…

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Hannah Arendt | those who choose the lesser evil

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“In their moral justification, the argument of the lesser evil has played a prominent role. If you are confronted with two evils, the argument runs, it is your duty to opt for the lesser one, whereas it is irresponsible to refuse to choose altogether. Its weakness has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget quickly that they chose evil.[….] Acceptance of the lesser evil is deliberately used to accustom officials, as well as the population at large, to accept the evil itself.” Hannah Arendt “Bei ihrer moralischen…