Up until this point – and including U.S. President Joe Biden’s recent bullshit comments in Normandy – Washington has attempted to portray Ukraine as a European bulwark against a maniacal Putin intent on conquering the continent. -- source

In the Civil War, the union barely survived a four-year slaughter that in its own time was regarded as the most lethal war in history. In World War II, the nation destroyed an enemy of democracy that for a time was winning; had the enemy won, America might have itself been destroyed. -- source

The film (Hero) emphasizes the importance of considering the greater good and the well-being of the collective over personal desires. This concept can be connected to Confucianism, an Eastern philosophical tradition that emphasizes social harmony, duty, and the importance of the community.

I suddenly remembered that Adolf Hitler once said that "anybody who paints the sky green should be sterilized at once." -- The New Inquisition, page 171

Hitler, a failed artist, maintained that "anyone who sees and paints the sky green and fields blue ought to be sterilised"... -- source

Generally speaking, readers of the press can be classified in three groups: First, those who believe everything they read; second, those who no longer believe anything; third, those who critically examine what they read and form their judgments accordingly.

Numerically, the first group is by far the largest, being composed of the broad masses of the people. Intellectually, it forms the simplest portion of the nation.

It cannot be classified according to occupation, but only into grades of intelligence. Under this category come all those who have not been born to think for themselves or who have not learnt to do so and who, partly through incompetence and partly through ignorance, believe everything that is set before them in print. -- Mein Kampf, page 268

Adolf Hitler read Nietzsche, mistook the diagnosis for prescription, and proceeded to act out the worst of scenarios Nietzsche could imagine, ironically incorporating precisely the nationalism and anti-semitism that Nietzsche most despised. The world looked on in horror, learned nothing, and decided Hitler was a "monster". It remained hypnotized by the same materialistic biological determinism which, to Adolf, had justified both his self-pity and revenge. -- The New Inquisition, page 227

The true reason for their hateful actions is a different one. They hate social Germany. What have we done to them? Nothing at all! Have we threatened them? Not in a single instance. Were we not ready to conclude an agreement with them? Yes, we were and we even did so.

Did we not restrict ourselves in our armaments? Alas, all of this was of no interest to them. What they hate is the Germany which sets a dangerous example for them. This social Germany. It is the Germany of a social labor legislation, which they already hated before the world war (World War 1). It is the Germany of social welfare, of social equality, of the elimination of class differences—this is what they hate!

They hate this Germany which in the course of 7 years was able to afford its people a decent life. They hate this Germany which has eliminated unemployment, which in spite of their wealth, they have not been able to eliminate.

They hate this Germany which grants its laborers decent housing because they have a feeling that their own people could be infected thereby. They hate this Germany which has been picking up the struggle for improved living conditions. This is the Germany they hate.

They hate this Germany — this ethnically healthy Germany – where children are washed and not full of lice – and which does not allow such conditions to take hold such as their own press now freely admits to. It is their big money men – their Jewish and non-Jewish international banking barons who hate us because they see in Germany a bad example potentially rousing other peoples, especially their own people.

They hate this Germany with its young, healthy, blossoming new generation – the Germany which takes such good care of this generation. And, of course, they hate the strong Germany -- the Germany on the march which takes upon itself sacrifices voluntarily.

We have just seen how much they hate us. We drew up a 4-year plan to help ourselves. We have not taken anything from anyone through this 4-year plan. When we turn coal into gasoline or rubber, or when we see to other forms of substitution. What are we thereby taking from others? Nothing! Nothing at all. To the contrary, they should be happy and say, Germany then does not burden our markets if they make their own gasoline. No, they fought this 4-year plan because it made Germany healthy. That was the only reason!