Because it is well known a woman i like hannah arendt in a book called the origin of totalitarianism uh after written in the 1950s she just points out that um you know it's pretty much the same playbook.
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You can read all sorts of things in China about totalitarian, you can read Hannah Arendt's book on totalitarianism, which would be the kind of thing you just, you know, you're not supposed to be able to read that in a somewhat totalitarian state or a dictatorial state, or anything.
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Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt is a foundational historical and political analysis examining the origins, mechanisms, and societal conditions that give rise to authoritarian regimes and totalitarian control. The book has drawn commentary from various prominent thinkers across multiple podcast episodes. Jeffrey Wasserstrom appeared on the Lex Fridman Podcast to observe that Arendt's work on totalitarianism can surprisingly be found and read within China, noting the irony of such a critical text being accessible within a dictatorial state. Additionally, during a conversation on Modern Wisdom, the host referenced Hannah Arendt's influential 1950s analysis regarding the Origins of Totalitarianism to highlight how authoritarian movements rely on a predictable and recurring playbook. This sentiment was echoed on the Lex Fridman Podcast when Sheldon Solomon cited Arendt's twentieth-century insights to discuss broader economic shifts where wealth generation has increasingly detached itself from the physical production of goods. Across these discussions, speakers utilized Arendt's observations to unpack historical patterns of political oppression and economic transformations that continue to resonate within contemporary geopolitical and societal analyses.
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Sheldon Solomon because it is well known a woman i like hannah arendt in a book called the origin of totalitarianism uh aft… 2
“because it is well known a woman i like hannah arendt in a book called the origin of totalitarianism uh after written in the 1950s she just points out that um you know it's pretty much the same playbook”
“and actually hannah arendt in the 1950s said the same thing in her book about totalitarianism when she said that you know that economics has reached the point where most money is made not by actually making stuff”
Jeffrey Wasserstrom You can read all sorts of things in China about totalitarian, you can read Hannah Arendt's book on totalita… 1
“You can read all sorts of things in China about totalitarian, you can read Hannah Arendt's book on totalitarianism, which would be the kind of thing you just, you know, you're not supposed to be able to read that in a somewhat totalitarian state or a dictatorial state, or anything.”
