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Steve Vladeck @steve_vladek
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e. the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e. the standards of thought) no longer exist."
Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)
Stella Starsky @stellastarsky
If you haven’t already, it’s definitely time to read Hannah Arendt “The Origins of Totalitarianism”. Stat.
J. K. Rowling @jk_rowling
Did we talk about this or is this another bizarre coincidence? Because I literally just finished reading it!
Stella Starsky @stellastarsky
You mentioned it last week and I had just finished re reading it. So yes, in that way...absolutely a coincidence 🙏🏻
THIS MAKES MY HEART SING