I don’t think this is comprable at all - neither Captain Dreyfus nor the rat traitor bastard Major Eszterhazy was up for a key position in the French government.
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I think the analogy to dreyfus serving 5 years of a life sentence before being released and another 10 before being exonerated is Ford's suffering the trauma in silence for 40y while K had a nice career, as for position... well, regular career prospects in the military
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I suspect the analogy isn't so literal as to map to personalities. People are hopeful that the scandal will persist and solidify into a symbol with lasting political/cultural significance.
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That's because some conservative pundit referenced J'Accuse and got the entire reference wrong.
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The salient bits are (a) the extraordinary abuse of process and (b) the lasting fault-line it created in culture and society for decades to come
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they probably both read this recent article, which talks about Dreyfus https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/poland-polarization/568324/ …
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