@zeynep No. Just no. 99/100 Jews were killed by military & paramilitary agents of the Nazi state, not some formless anarchy of the human id.
@ProfDaveAndress I don't think the claim is formless anarchy or mob. (It's also not a formless anarchy doing the killings now in Syria).
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@zeynep But that's his argument right there in that quote: one destroys a state, and in the vacuum, carnage. -
@ProfDaveAndress There is no "in the vacuum" argument in the piece. It's about the conditions that these actors (German state) create.
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@zeynep It presupposes a benign state, which neither Stalin's USSR, nor Assad's Syria, were; and that Nazi occupation was somehow 'nonstate'Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@zeynep it is a very, very strained effort to make the Holocaust 'about' present day conditions, rather than the early C20. -
@ProfDaveAndress IMO It's a piece about not using the Holocaust to justify destruction of states without paying attention to aftermath. - Show replies
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@zeynep Snyder's attempt (mission?) to mix "Vernichtungskrieg" and Russian powerplay must fail. Anarchy as base for the evil food fr thoughtThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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