Great quote, but there is no proof that it’s by Sophie Scholl or her brother Hans. Please stop the misattribution.
Also while I do see some truth in the criticism, I also think it’s unfair. Sophie and Hans Scholl were truly heroes, but their impact was rather insignificant. What shall someone who wants to protect their family learn from their example? You speak up and you get killed and nothing changes.
Power for change does not come from the individual but from the masses. That’s how Hitler got into power and that’s how his regime ended (albeit by different masses in both instances).
Power for change does not come from the individual but from the masses.
Bullshit defeatist attitude. You are the masses.
I really struggle with this. I don’t wanna fight, I can barely get out of bed in the morning, but if no one fights it only gets worse
Frodo: "I wish it need not have happened in my time
“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us”
Also reminds me of:
there’s laundry to do and a genocide to stop
there’s laundry to do and a genocide to stop. I have to eat better and also avoid a plague. my rent went up $150. I’ll need to pick up more shifts. Twenty people died in Rafah this morning and every major news outlet is stretching the limits of passive voice to suggest whole families may have leaped up through the air at missiles that otherwise had the right of way. I just got a notification that my student loan payments are starting up again and my phone isn’t charged. My cousin got COVID for a fourth time and can no longer work or walk or even feed himself. The person across from me on the L train seems to fashion themself a punk rock revolutionary, but they’re not wearing a face mask, and that’s the kind of cognitive dissonance that makes me want to steal batteries. Fascists keep winning primaries for both parties, and I think I gained a few pounds. The CDC just announced there are no more speed limits on highways, and I think this Ativan is finally hitting. The NYPD farmer’s market only sells bad apples, have you heard that one? Listen it’s warm today, too warm for March. But I don’t have time to think through the implications because there’s laundry to do and a genocide to stop.
Thanks for this.
You’re very welcome, I’m glad it connected with you in some way
Have a good one, take care ❤️
Reminds me of the intro to Patrick Bateman:
I live in the American Gardens building on West 81st Street, on the 11th floor.
My name is Patrick Bateman.
I’m 27 years old.
I believe in taking care of myself, in a balanced diet, in a rigorous exercise routine.
In the morning, if my face is a little puffy, I’ll put on an icepack while doing my stomach crunches.
I can do a thousand now.
After I remove the icepack, I use a deep-pore cleanser lotion.
In the shower, I use a water-activated gel cleanser.
Then a honey-almond bodyscrub.
And on the face, an exfoliating gel-scrub.
Then I apply an herb mint facial masque,
which I leave on for ten minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine.
I always use an aftershave lotion with little or no alcohol,
because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older.
Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm, followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.
There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman.
Some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me.
Only an entity-- something illusory.
And though I can hide my cold gaze…
and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours…
and maybe you can even sense our life styles are probably comparable,
I simply am not there.
This really does come off as victim blaming.
The blame for the atrocities of Nazism is squarely on the Nazis, and their instigators and enablers, not average Joe who wants his kids to grow up with a father more than he wants to grab a rifle to shoot Hitler.
I’d say the blame is primarily shared between two groups, the people who create the conditions for Nazism to flourish, the victorious Triple Entente elites, or today’s billionaires, and of course the opportunistic genocidal maniacs themselves, like Hitler, Trump, Netanyahu, who ride that wave into power and channel it into hate towards the weak.
Of course, the average Nazi is culpable too, but they are victims too. Both of those can be true.
The quote is basically trying to say that if you just go along with the Nazis because you don’t want to cause trouble, then you might as well be a Nazi too. It doesn’t shift the blame away from Nazis, it just increases the scope of what is considered a Nazi.
Yeah it’s worth remembering that the US and soviet union really only fought the nazis because the axis powers attacked them. Had hitler just taken over europe and not moved east, had japan not attacked the US, it’s very possible we’d be living in a very different world right now
