But Hitler built the Autobahn! I'm hearing this more and more often lately. It's difficult to continue this discussion because a certain argument, which I find very important, is quite complex and is rejected by people who want to relativize fascism and the Holocaust. The argument, inspired by Adorno, is: After Auschwitz, no more poems can be written. Roughly outlined, it goes like this: The extent of the horror of the Holocaust is so great that we, as individuals and as...
For so many years I've thought about Marx. Who hasn't? The idea of an equal and solidaristic community, free from ideological superstructure, or irrational will-o'-the-wisps. A world that only knows matter, and sees in it a scientific, progressive movement. Its goal? A world in which humanity is perfect, i.e., harmonious, without envy and resentment, solidaristic and equal, without alienation and external determination, which alone enables the unfolding of the individual within a collective. This dream of a better...
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