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Lex Fridman Podcast #444 · September 20, 2024 · 3h 37m
Communism, Marxism, Nazism, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler
Historian Vejas Liulevicius on the history of totalitarian ideologies — how Marxism, communism, Nazism, and Maoism seduced millions and produced mass murder. The common thread: utopian visions that required eliminating entire categories of people.
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Highlights
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Utopian ideologies require enemies — the vision of perfection demands someone to blame for imperfection
Liulevicius: every totalitarian ideology identifies a class of people responsible for society's problems — bourgeoisie (communism), Jews (Nazism), landlords (Maoism). The utopian vision can only be achieved by eliminating them.Was this useful?