Georg Hegel was a German philosopher who lived from the late-18th Century into the early 19th-Century. (WIKI: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel)
Hegel has been seen in the 21st century as the originator of the thesis, antithesis, synthesis triad; however this originated with Johann Fichte. In a related WIKI article, Johann Gottlieb Fichte is credited with the same triad. This leads further to Kant and much deeper review of philosophical principles comprehensively rather than in the specific focus on the Hegelian Dialect as it's come to be more commonly-known.
If we could, let's bump past the nationality of these individuals as I regard their German heritage as a coincidence more than a basis for any particular waving of flags. Nevertheless, it's true all of the references to philosophy relate to German philosophers and, in another case, something rather more dangerous. Their history in Germany is part of a justifiably proud nationalism whereas the following is not:
The first point of validation is because all memes are assumed to be flaming hogwash set on a doorstep to see if you will step in it after a child rings the doorbell.
So, did he say it. The text says Göring really did say it but ... all together now ... it's bullshit unless you verify it for yourself. That's why there is resolve to provide citations as much as possible. Excerpts from "The Nüremburg Diary" are used as documentation of the point and the interested student can review further at will. (WIKI Quote: Hermann Göring)
(Ed: who is the interested student?)
Me. Hopefully you.
You will find the above meme has been somewhat pre-digested for mass appeal since the actual dialog went as follows:
Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship.
Gilbert: There is one difference. In a democracy, the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars.
Göring: Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.
The Hegelian Dialectic is shown in a graphic presentation on YouTube. There's nothing new in interpretation of the concept as will be shown in the video through its exploitation in the sixties.
To some extent, The Hegelian Dialectic applies to #blacklivesmatter insofar as the govt would need to create the movement if it did not exist so they can bring extreme cop forces to bear against them and thereby give the illusion of solving a problem which should have been solved reasonably in other ways. In no way do I eschew #blacklivesmatter but I question the efficacy because we see the effect of massive police forces which would otherwise have horrified people.
There is blazing provocation from such police forces as the special purpose units of the CCPD police here in Fort Worth and we imagine but don't know exist elsewhere. They are heavily-gunned and strongly aggressive. We can see from The Counted (Source: The Guardian), the disproportionate number of black people killed by overbearing cops and we see how little they are prosecuted for it.
Time and again, the cops get away with it and, in the case of Darren Wilson, handsomely rewarded for it to the tune of about $200,000 to $1,000,000 (depending on the author) contributed from various sources including GoFundMe. (Business Insider: People Are Urging GoFundMe To Shut Down A $200,000 Campaign Supporting The Officer Who Killed Michael Brown)
Image is from the same reference as above and note it was collected in four days:
No, I do not have a good answer because the problem of mistreatment of black people and rampaging racism has never been so apparent in my surprisingly long life. I do question the method of #blacklivesmatter but it's an awful situation because how should a minority with a clear problem requiring redress get that real solution without demanding it in such ways.
Blowing it off as the Catch-22 shows great irony but Yossarian died. I imagine but have not looked to see if Joseph Heller was German as well.
No way to let the above slide without verification and this time we find point: Russia. Heller was born of poor Jewish parents, immigrants from Russia. (WIKI: Joseph Heller)
Since we can almost hear the far right rattling chains and launching an anti-pinko campaign regarding this content, we remind the bulk of the article is based on German philosophers. Joseph Heller's heritage was Russian but he was an American nevertheless. He achieved wide success through his book, "Catch-22," and thus represents for America and not Germany nor Russia. (WIKI: Catch-22)
Yes, I do contribute to WIKI but (cough) thanks for asking (larfs). I don't have much but Democratic Socialism does not need much. We also do not want a fraction of the cops, guns, and craziness. Hopefully you see from the article their method is not at all as crazy as it seems.
Gilbert: There is one difference. In a democracy, the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars.
Göring: Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.
From the above, we see a measure of duplicity in the meme insofar as it has been edited to remove the question regarding democracy. Most memes are duplicitous, some to a small extent and others with utter rubbish. The above is generally true but has been whitewashed to an extent you can judge for yourself.
We can see examples from the CIA Director and the FBI Director when they went up in front of Congress quickly after the attack in Paris and begged for more money for more cops. If these characters did not have ISIS, they would have to invent it. Previously they invoked the Evil Empire, Axis of Evil, etc regarding a Communist Conspiracy and the net effect is the same: exploit any problem anywhere, blame it on the same source and then get cops to kill it.
FBI Director, J. Edgar Hoover, used a similar manifestation of the Hegelian Dialectic for vicious intrusions into private lives such as planting a bug in Martin Luther King's bedroom. (NPR: The History Of The FBI's Secret 'Enemies' List)
Note: all information presented in the NPR article was obtained through the Freedom of Information act because, not surprisingly, it was classified as a state secret. Maybe you ask what's classified now and you will discover that in twenty years to the anticipated disgrace of those who exploit the same technique. See above about sitting CIA and FBI Directors.
The Hegelian Dialectic is shown in a graphic presentation on YouTube. There's nothing new in interpretation of the concept as will be shown in the video through its exploitation in the sixties.
To some extent, The Hegelian Dialectic applies to #blacklivesmatter insofar as the govt would need to create the movement if it did not exist so they can bring extreme cop forces to bear against them and thereby give the illusion of solving a problem which should have been solved reasonably in other ways. In no way do I eschew #blacklivesmatter but I question the efficacy because we see the effect of massive police forces which would otherwise have horrified people.
There is blazing provocation from such police forces as the special purpose units of the CCPD police here in Fort Worth and we imagine but don't know exist elsewhere. They are heavily-gunned and strongly aggressive. We can see from The Counted (Source: The Guardian), the disproportionate number of black people killed by overbearing cops and we see how little they are prosecuted for it.
Time and again, the cops get away with it and, in the case of Darren Wilson, handsomely rewarded for it to the tune of about $200,000 to $1,000,000 (depending on the author) contributed from various sources including GoFundMe. (Business Insider: People Are Urging GoFundMe To Shut Down A $200,000 Campaign Supporting The Officer Who Killed Michael Brown)
Image is from the same reference as above and note it was collected in four days:
No, I do not have a good answer because the problem of mistreatment of black people and rampaging racism has never been so apparent in my surprisingly long life. I do question the method of #blacklivesmatter but it's an awful situation because how should a minority with a clear problem requiring redress get that real solution without demanding it in such ways.
Blowing it off as the Catch-22 shows great irony but Yossarian died. I imagine but have not looked to see if Joseph Heller was German as well.
No way to let the above slide without verification and this time we find point: Russia. Heller was born of poor Jewish parents, immigrants from Russia. (WIKI: Joseph Heller)
Since we can almost hear the far right rattling chains and launching an anti-pinko campaign regarding this content, we remind the bulk of the article is based on German philosophers. Joseph Heller's heritage was Russian but he was an American nevertheless. He achieved wide success through his book, "Catch-22," and thus represents for America and not Germany nor Russia. (WIKI: Catch-22)
Yes, I do contribute to WIKI but (cough) thanks for asking (larfs). I don't have much but Democratic Socialism does not need much. We also do not want a fraction of the cops, guns, and craziness. Hopefully you see from the article their method is not at all as crazy as it seems.
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