The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.

Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
The Origins of Totalitarianism, Part 3, ch. 13 “Ideology and Terror” (1951)
    (Source)

 
Added on 12-May-20 | Last updated 5-Jul-22
Link to this post | No comments
Topics: , , , , , ,
More quotes by Arendt, Hannah

Thoughts? Comments? Corrections? Feedback?