Nostr

That's right. Peikoff's explanation of Hitler's raise to power is purely philosophical. He says it was driven by ideas. Not by economics.

a source familiar with the matter 2y ago

I have now read the book and do find it quite persuasive

That said, it explains more the general brutality of the regime & the means by which it was able to garner wide support, as opposed to the specific pathologies & their support by even the rational remnant of the German intellectual class

Peikoff attributes the general trend to general ideas, which I think is hard to argue against

But specific trends and specific manifestations should probably be explained by specific ideas, as I have tried to do above

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bitcoiner7 nym 2y ago

Yes, good point

He talks about deepest philosophical ideas that made it possible: mysticism, altruism, collectivism

Your points add specific issues at a time, that surely could also have contributed