• read_freire [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Lol nietzsche isn't theory but this would be like linking to a 15 minute youtube about how bill murray's character in groundhog day is a marxist cause he hates women so much and saying something about marx being a protosexist.

    IDGAF about the departed and whether jack nicholsons character is an ubermensch or something

    Does anyone on here actually read shit

    Nietzsche equally inspired Hitler and Sartre, but the former only happened with careful posthumous editing of unpublished writing by his actually protofash sister.

        • fed [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          Why would I read someone who inspired Nazis, neo Nazis love, and believes in cultural supremacy?

          I’d rather read something productive

          • Pezevenk [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            I dunno, ask, like, the myriads of leftist theoreticians who have done so and have found certain things of value in Nietzsche. Not saying you should read him, but as someone else said, if you haven't read something and know next to nothing about it, you shouldn't just go off based on a random YouTube video, especially when that something is an extremely influential philosopher who has also influenced in various ways a large number of leftist theorists. Nietzsche isn't just some random fash and it's very oversimplified to say he influenced Nazis (and also really not his fault). Condensing the entirety of someone's massive and influential work into a 15 minute video that isn't even about his philosophy per se isn't great.

          • Orannis62 [ze/hir]
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            4 years ago

            He "inspired" Nazis because Nazis twisted his work to suit their ends

          • disco [any]
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            4 years ago

            I mean, we're fighting fascism right, why shouldn't we try to understand its philosophy?

            It's easier to fight an enemy when you know how they think.

            edit: and to be clear, I don't actually think Nietzsche was a fascist himself, although ultimately I don't think his philosophy is particularly valuable.

    • JuneFall [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      Nietzsche is bad, cause he was dunked on by people I like, both dead as well as living.