But Hannah said, she dared to risk the world and hit the truth straight. Whether it was arrogance or the dullness of the scholar, she finally said this thing.
Some people may think that she is pretending to be the lives and deaths of many people, but I admire her. It is so difficult to expose the truth of human nature to explain things that we don't even want to admit. For example, it is also said that the law does not blame the public. In fact, this is contrary to the traditional ethics of the entire society.
Hannah has always insisted that the evil of banality is one of the reasons for the tragedy of the Nazi slaughter of Jews. As the executioner of the transfer official, he was just following orders. And the observance of this order itself is the result of a person giving up his conscience. Many people deviated from their conscience and obeyed orders, which eventually led to evil results. [This is not complete, friends who are interested can go to the movies or books]
At the same time, she certainly sympathizes and cares for the Jews, there is no doubt about this.
She hopes that by awakening people’s awareness on this point, she encourages people to fight with conscience and morality instead of becoming a screw in this powerful state apparatus.
When you see people calling her a bitch defending the executioner or a scum among the Jews, you will understand that these people are simply tortured by their own inner pain and cannot face Hannah's point of view. Of course, I don’t blame that. It’s meaningless to fight back. In fact, many people will never come out after suffering such trauma. Just like her colleague listened to her clear point of view, he still couldn’t accept it emotionally. .
Hannah is a truly brave person, because she has faced her inner pain squarely and dared to dissect herself.
People with conscience give up their conscience, and those with conscience fear confrontation. This is the most terrifying aspect of this society.
I still remember my jurisprudence teacher who was an ordinary lecturer all his life and said: if everyone thinks that social changes and public events have nothing to do with them, then the next person who suffers from unreasonable system damage is you. If you have such a heart, you will have a conscience.
A fool who thinks he is talking about it. Decided to borrow Hannah's writings.
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