Avainsana: humanism
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Postnationalism, democracy, cooperation and “ubuntu” — the only direction of history is forward
Nationalism was a powerful ideology in the 19th and 20th centuries, ultimately leading to two bloody world wars. At its origin, the idea of nationalism was in itself well-intentioned: it was believed that every people should have the autonomy to decide their own affairs. At that time, there were several oppressive empires led by despots.…
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Popper, ”paradox of tolerance”, Hitler, Trump and the modern far-right
The Austrian-British philosopher Karl Popper wrote in his book ”Open society and its enemies” in 1945 about the ”paradox of tolerance” and warns of the danger of fascism and its bystanders. The paradox goes roughly like this: If tolerant people tolerate and accept intolerance, it follows that intolerant people like fascists and Nazis will take…