Season 2 Teaser

[fireproof78]

It carries into real life. Some people hate Downfall for humanising Hitler. But that way of thinking blinds them. There are no monsters, they don’t spring into bein, they come from humanity. Same is true of heroes. They aren’t just some wondrous click into existence.
If we forget that, we miss the next Hitler, and vainly wait for the next Churchill or whoever. Nuance is everyth8ngl

One theory I've run in to in psychology is the idea that we don't want to believe monsters are human beings, because it forces us to acknowledge our capability of monstrous behavior.

 

[eschaton]

One theory I've run in to in psychology is the idea that we don't want to believe monsters are human beings, because it forces us to acknowledge our capability of monstrous behavior.

Humans have very selective empathy. We only innately have empathy for those we either know on a personal level, or whom we see to be inside the "tribe" so to speak. As civilization has progressed the circle of beings that we consider worthy of consideration has steadily widened, but our ability to dehumanize the "other" is always present if backsliding does occur.