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We could have potentially avoided so many of the current ramifications if we had had an opportunity to see him challenged and his arguments defeated
Time has shown us again and again that if you give a platform to people with dangerous beliefs even under the guise of rubbishing it, all it does is give them oxygen.
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Well that is the problem with allowing people to have opinions, isn't it? I much prefer that to the other available options. Anyhow my point was that no suicide, even Hitler's, is just simply a 'good' thing. But we are entering the realm of Plato's republic now and honestly I don't think we will troubleshoot the governance system in lfgss (as much as I wish we could)
frankohara
I am, I would love to have seen him stand trial next to Eichmann. I would have loved, even more, to see what people like Hannah Arendt would have made of his trial and legacy. We could have potentially avoided so many of the current ramifications if we had had an opportunity to see him challenged and his arguments defeated. His suicide in many ways prevented all, in his side and ours, from getting a proper resolution to one of the darkest passages of human history. So yes, his suicide was sad in many ways.