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[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 35 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Vigilance and education (and vigilance in education) seem important, that’s all I got.

If anyone has the chance, I really do recommend reading the book. It looks academic but it’s really easy to read despite being written in 1953.

The author was Jewish, but kept that totally hidden while doing the interviews to avoid the obvious.

Which makes the above even more crazy. “I thought I’d hit paydirt” because someone was finally going to talk about killing his people. Nope.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks again. I just requested a copy from the library.

[–] postcapitalism@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago

Also purchasing the book, thanks for the recommendation