bombshell [none/use name]

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  • Hitler admired the British and thought that them losing their army would result in widespread revolts in the colonies, resulting in the end of the British Empire. He thought this was a terrible outcome and would not allow it.

    Remember, in 1940 the idea that the British would ally with the USSR was absolutely insane. As in, you'd be committed to an actual mental institution.

    And then in 1941 Churchill excused it by saying "if Hitler invaded Hell I would allow a favorable word to be said about Satan in the House of Commons."








  • The Enlightenment's ontology, rooted in the new science of the 17th century, created a vision of human beings in nature which provided weapons to a new race-based ideology which would have been impossible without the Enlightenment. The concept of "race" was birthed by the Enlightenment.

    The Enlightenment was essential in providing the intellectual basis for Western imperialism, justifying white supremacy through scientific rationality. In other words, the West invented scientific theories to “prove” the superiority of white people and acted as if they were truth.