There’s a lot of anime and hero stories that have a speech like this, a tautology about moving forward when the characters are unsure about their actions.
The worst part is, it can be destructive. Like, when one Nazi says to another, “Hey…should we really be killing all these Jews instead of just deporting them like we originally planned?” And this kind of phrase, when given in response, is meant to inspire some form of persistence to the current course, no matter how stupid or horrible it is.
The explanation that I heard was that Hitler was originally trying to get rid of all of the Jews in the countries that he conquered, but he eventually decided that he wanted to conquer the entire planet.
From my knowledge it was just a logistics problem, mass killings are far easier to do then sending millions of people to a faraway country. And probably cheaper.
And yes, this has some grim implications about the current situation in the US.
There’s a lot of anime and hero stories that have a speech like this, a tautology about moving forward when the characters are unsure about their actions.
The worst part is, it can be destructive. Like, when one Nazi says to another, “Hey…should we really be killing all these Jews instead of just deporting them like we originally planned?” And this kind of phrase, when given in response, is meant to inspire some form of persistence to the current course, no matter how stupid or horrible it is.
The explanation that I heard was that Hitler was originally trying to get rid of all of the Jews in the countries that he conquered, but he eventually decided that he wanted to conquer the entire planet.
From my knowledge it was just a logistics problem, mass killings are far easier to do then sending millions of people to a faraway country. And probably cheaper.
And yes, this has some grim implications about the current situation in the US.