Mein Kampf
1925 autobiographical book "My Struggle" (USA: "My Battle") by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler On April 1, 1924, because of the sentence handed down by the People's Court of Munich, I had to begin that day, serving my term in the fortress at Landsberg on the Lech. Thus, after years of uninterrupted work, I was afforded for the first time an opportunity to embark on a task insisted upon by many and felt to be serviceable to the movement by myself. Therefore, I resolved not only to set forth, in two volumes, the object of our movement, but also to draw a picture of its development. From this more can be learned than from any purely doctrinary treatise. That also gave me the opportunity to describe my own development, as far as this is necessary for the understanding of the first as well as the second volume, and which may serve to destroy the evil legends created about my person by the Jewish press. - Preface.
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- "Mein Kampf" is actually a very interesting lecture for any critical mind, like also The Holy Bible is a very interesting lecture for any atheist.
"Mein Kampf" is a good example of well written propaganda.
Like any good propaganda, it starts from true facts, so the first part of the book describes real problems of the society at that time (most of which are again problems of the present society).
The real problems would capture the attention of the readers, who were heavily affected by them in their own real lives.
Also like any good propaganda, from the true premises the book transitions to conclusions that do not result from the premises, but are falsely claimed to do so, and then solutions to the false conclusions are presented as if they will solve the problem described by the true premises (i.e. life is bad => the reason why it is bad is because there exist Jews => eliminate them and life will become good).
The same propaganda scheme from "Mein Kampf" is frequently applied today, but usually the Jews are replaced by China or by legal immigrants or by illegal immigrants or by people supporting another political party, always failing to identify the real culprits for the "life is bad" premises.
I do not agree that any propaganda books must be banned based on the condescending idea that humans are stupid, but I believe that it should be mandatory that any propaganda book should be accompanied by a well-written rebuttal, which should explain where the book in lying and why its conclusions are wrong, for the benefit of those less experienced, who might not notice these facts themselves.
- There's no hatred against Jewish people, not widespread enough to be notable at least - the book Mein Kampf talks about this imagined persecution though, I recommend it. I know you need to have the last word, and as I don't wish to engage further with people that have your ultimately hateful views, please go ahead so we can be done. At some point, I hope you get cured of your fear of imagined threats ultimately, at least in part, driving your hate.
"Let me quote this washed up anti-White neo-segregationist that was caught using antisemitic tropes as proof that I don't hate White people" is such a hilarious take only a leftist could make it. Imagine taking lines and tactics from know racists and segregationist and delusionally believing you have the high ground. Take care.
- This comment is a helpful way to understand Mein Kampf and whether it means its readers are Nazis.
graemep on 4/15/2025 Mein Kampf IS a rant. I recommend people read it so you can understand how people like that think. - Mein Kampf IS a rant.
I recommend people read it so you can understand how people like that think. This is also a valid reason for reading Lolita (although at least Lolita is well written).
- Mein Kampf is worth at least a skim, because it demonstrates that Hitler was a human being.
History positions him as an inhuman monster, and rightly so metaphorically. We are conditioned to think that he was uniquely evil in an otherworldly sense, totally unlike us, and someone like him could never arise again because we don’t have monsters these days.
But he wasn’t a unique demon. He was a human, with human emotions and motivations and failings. It’s important to recognize him (and all the rest of the Nazis) as human, because the humans of today absolutely do have the capacity to become him again.
- Stanford has campus rabbis now? Yes, they do. Not just a branch of Hillel or Chabad. For a secular university, Stanford seems to have acquired quite a religious establishment.[1] They have all the major brands represented.[2] There's even a atheist chaplain.[3]
This looks less like theology and more like Stanford's administrative bloat.
As for Mein Kampf,[4] it's useful to read it again today, along with a biography of Putin to understand where the Ukraine mess came from. There's an "our destiny is to rule the world" mindset. It's back.
[1] https://orsl.stanford.edu/
[2] https://med.stanford.edu/hhp/about/people/professors-and-lec...
[3] https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Stanford-gets-a-chaplain...
[4] https://archive.org/details/mein-kampf-by-adolf-hitler-ralph...
