quoted 5 lines The general point is simply that all things, no matter> The general point is simply that all things, no matter
> how simplistic and bad they appear to be, are
> complexes of qualities, and not every single minute
> quality or long term effect of a thing will turn out
> to be a bad one.
It's pretty damn silly and actually quite a bit offensive to offer up a
spontaneous defense of the existence of "good aspects of fascism" even if
all you are really doing is pointing out the patently obvious fact that
'things are made of complexes of qualities'. If we're going to have a inane
intellectual exercise about how, logically, bad things may have some good
parts, then let's go so far as to question what "good" and "bad" mean: In my
mind, anything begotten through fascism is by definition bad. Even punctual
trains. To many people, punctual trains begotten through opression and
torture are simply not the same (not even logically or functionally the
same) as punctual trains begotten through education and freedom. So there is
some disagreement as to what a "good" thing even is. So please tell your
naive, academic, 'logical' hobgoblin to stop whispering this crap in your
ear when your heart knows full well that fascism is bad and that, overall,
the world would be better off without it ever having existed.
Sure we can talk about how the Nazis were snappy dressers, but this fact
alone do not even remotely translate into justifying any argument that are
'good aspects of Nazism'. Maybe small-minded logic suggests that there is
some correlation, but the bottom line is that there are more useful ways to
talk about this besides logic. Logic is not always the correct tool to use
in political discussions, particularly when in the end you are trying to
determine what's "good" and "bad". (to put this into Dungeons and Dragons
terms, I give you an Intelligence of 17 and a Wisdom of around 8.)
There is great controversy right now about whether or not contemporary
scientists should draw on the medical data generated from the sadistic
medical experiments performed in Nazi concentration camps. Logically, it may
in fact make sense to do it. But politically and ethically this would be
fucking awful in countless ways. Put your gigantic, razor-sharp,
supercomputer-like brain in a jar for a minute and imagine yourself
explaining the logical existence of 'good aspects of fascism' to a Holocaust
survivor.
- Cf
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