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    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 2 18:36:20 2023
    The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher
    esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
    -- Nietzsche

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Mon Oct 2 21:36:08 2023
    On Mon, 02 Oct 2023 18:36:20 -0500
    JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:

    The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher
    esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
    -- Nietzsche

    That's a pretty powerful quote. Explains much of the 1930s and 1940s, actually, and a decent part of the Cold War.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Oct 2 21:18:52 2023
    On Mon, 2 Oct 2023 21:36:08 -0400, Retrograde
    <[email protected]d> wrote:

    The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher
    esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
    -- Nietzsche

    That's a pretty powerful quote. Explains much of the 1930s and 1940s, >actually, and a decent part of the Cold War.

    Peer pressure or influence is related...

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