Repost of post I made on Genzedong. Actual handout I recieved during history class. And they say DPRK citizens are the ones hopelessly brainwashed.
Here’s the creator of the term “totalitarianism” , hannah arendt, on “the dark races”:
@rodericday also has some really good threads about her.
I absolutely hate Arendt, but for some reason, I have to read the Origins of Totalitarianism next quarter for college. Last quarter we read The Human Condition, and while I found some of her ideas interesting, especially her interpretation of common sense, most of them boil down to pretentious regurgitations of Marx, Engels, and other notable philosophers. Liberals can’t give Marx enough credit, so they need charlatans like Arendt to contort these “trendy” anti-capitalist beliefs into their acceptable, less radical view of the world. It’s also so frustrating how these academics will accept racist, pro-colonialist philosophers just to spite Marx. Unless you’re hardcore into philosophy, I don’t reccomend reading anything from Arendt. It’s better to read her inspirations.
