• Birch@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    “It happened, therefore it can happen again.” – Primo Levi

    Saw this written on a plaque at the Holocaust memorial in Berlin and it really gave me pause, reflecting on what is happening all around the world right now.

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      2 months ago

      I would have put it as:

      “It keeps happening, therefore it can happen again.”

      It covers so much bad shit we as (groups of) humans do.
      Exterminating the next village over bcs they like to wear green instead of yellow hats is the easiest thing to spark amongst the common, easily manipulated folk.

      And it keeps happening bcs it (mass manipulation for whatever irrelevant reason) can be monetised & power can be gained in the precess (beyond from just literal pillaging and enslavement).