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[“The disturbing factor in the success of totalitarianism is rather the true selflessness of its adherents: it may be understandable that a Nazi or Bolshevik will not be shaken in his conviction by crimes against people who do not belong to the movement or are even hostile to it; but the amazing fact is that neither is he likely to waver when the monster begins to devour its own children and not even if he becomes a victim of persecution himself, if he is framed and condemned, if he is purged from the party and sent to a forced-labor or a concentration camp. On the contrary, to the wonder of the whole civilized world, he may even be willing to help in his own prosecution and frame his own death sentence if only his status as a member of the movement is not touched. It would be naïve to consider this stubbornness of conviction which outlives all actual experiences and cancels all immediate self-interest a simple expression of fervent idealism. Idealism, foolish or heroic, always springs from some individual decision and conviction and is subject to experience and argument. The fanaticism of totalitarian movements, contrary to all forms of idealism, breaks down the moment the movement leaves its fanaticized followers in the lurch, killing in them any remaining conviction that might have survived the collapse of the movement itself. But within the organizational framework of the movement, so long as it holds together, the fanaticized members can be reached by neither experience nor argument; identification with the movement and total conformism seem to have destroyed the very capacity for experience, even if it be as extreme as torture or the fear of death.”]

hannah arendt, the origins of totalitarianism

There's so many history stuff Liam could like and I need to know about it all. Does he prefer learning about specific stuff? Related to one country or place in particular? Does he only get his infos from history class or does he use Wikipedia and stuff? Is there a specific era that got him interested? If he knows about Mykonos, does he like war history and stategies? Would he watch the 'historian reacts to movies' videos on Youtube??? What's his favorite historical event??? Does he have a historical figure he really really hates??? Did he ever do presentations in history class, and if he did, what was it about??? Does he watch documentaries??? Has he ever tried those history quizzes things??? TEEN WOLF I NEED TO KNOW