Original Naziism was very tied to a historical milieu. The conditions of Weimar Germany won’t exactly recur. But by interpreting it as a suite of metaphors, it becomes somewhat immune to context, more able to bridge the centuries—while continually enticing its adherents to drag the world back to 1935, which is the era in which the metaphors make sense.
Original Naziism was very tied to a historical milieu. The conditions of Weimar Germany won’t exactly recur. But by interpreting it as a suite of metaphors, it becomes somewhat immune to context, more able to bridge the centuries—while continually enticing its adherents to drag the world back to 1935, which is the era in which the metaphors make sense.