I would argue that the way WW2 and the Nazis have been romanticized is the exact problem.
The Weimar Republic was largely nihilistic, as we see much of the western world now. The belief in any transcendent good or evil was labeled as oppressive. But nobody wants to be the bad guy. So how to become a "good guy"? Fight oppression. Sound familiar?
Hitler was evil. Yes, there is no doubt about that. However, what people fail to recognize is that there's no kid out there that thinks "I want to be an evil overlord when I grow up and violently take over the world". Hitler believed he was the "good guy", and that his actions would bring Germany to a pre-Christian life, with quaint pagan villages and communities living in harmony with nature. He largely blamed both Christians and Jews for Germany's problems, but believed if he got rid of (what he believed to be) the root of the problem, Christianity would eventually decay into some kind of pantheon-worship paganism with the trappings of Catholicism.
Now the thing we need to realize is much of Europe (and North America for that matter) was also like this at the time. Germany is just where it came to a head and blew up. WW2 gave "meaning" back to everyone, which "reset" the rest of the world. That is why it is so heavily romanticized. That is why we have the UN and other such organizations. That's why the endless war to supposedly prevent war. That's why we have globalism. The people behind this believe with every fiber of their beings that they are the "good guys" preventing more world war, even though they themselves are perpetuating it.
The modern SJWs are today's Nazis. They just don't know it yet. They are searching for meaning in their lives and they find it by fighting perceived oppression by those who believe in absolute good and evil. That means, yes, Christians and Jews. I believe we're in for another long, hard ride, that will last at least another decade.
I would argue that the way WW2 and the Nazis have been romanticized is the exact problem.
The Weimar Republic was largely nihilistic, as we see much of the western world now. The belief in any transcendent good or evil was labeled as oppressive. But nobody wants to be the bad guy. So how to become a "good guy"? Fight oppression. Sound familiar?
Hitler was evil. Yes, there is no doubt about that. However, what people fail to recognize is that there's no kid out there that thinks "I want to be an evil overlord when I grow up and violently take over the world". Hitler believed he was the "good guy", and that his actions would bring Germany to a pre-Christian life, with quaint pagan villages and communities living in harmony with nature. He largely blamed both Christians and Jews for Germany's problems, but believed if he got rid of (what he believed to be) the root of the problem, Christianity would eventually decay into some kind of pantheon-worship paganism with the trappings of Catholicism.
Now the thing we need to realize is much of Europe (and North America for that matter) was also like this at the time. Germany is just where it came to a head and blew up. WW2 gave "meaning" back to everyone, which "reset" the rest of the world. That is why it is so heavily romanticized. That is why we have the UN and other such organizations. That's why the endless war to supposedly prevent war. That's why we have globalism. The people behind this believe with every fiber of their beings that they are the "good guys" preventing more world war, even though they themselves are perpetuating it.
The modern SJWs are today's Nazis. They just don't know it yet. They are searching for meaning in their lives and they find it by fighting perceived oppression by those who believe in absolute good and evil. That means, yes, Christians and Jews. I believe we're in for another long, hard ride, that will last at least another decade.