Nazis, and the schism of their 21'st century manifestations.
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Man is a social animal, and any conception of man outside of the social order is not meaningful. The rights of the individual only exist in the group as the group is necessary to enforce those rights.
As an aside, I find humor that Neo-**** are what the actual ***** would have considered untermensch.
As an aside, I find humor that Neo-**** are what the actual ***** would have considered untermensch.
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When someone, in the 21st century, accuses someone else who is clearly not a WWII-era German of Aryan descent, of being a ****, that is...
(wait for it...)
CULTURAL APPROPRIATION!
(I really want that to become a meme.)
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As to the OP, I ascribe fringe political views to intellectual laziness. It often does correlate to inferior intellegence, but the defining characteristic is the self-assuredness that comes with a lack of curiosity about alternate views or explanations for things that trouble them. I know plenty of decently intelligent people who endorse fringe poitical views out of nothing more than laziness. I also believe that the difference in raw processing power between the smartest human and the dumbest human (handicaps aside) is probably less than we would all like to believe. It's reductive to say "well those people believe that thing because they're not very smart". We all have choices on what to believe or not believe. Even the simplest of the simpletons have the mental aptitude to understand that the tenets of racial supremacy fall apart under the slightest scrutiny, they just choose not to put the effort in.
Also, ***** suck. Especially pretend ones.
Also, ***** suck. Especially pretend ones.
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Specifically, the self-image of a typical German is that they are an individual who is also a part of a society, and that both matter.
Contrast this with the stereotypical self-image of a typical American (I am an individual, and that's all that matters), or that which the leaders of strongly communist nations think that their subjects have (I am a member of a collective, and only the collective matters.)
A consciousness of the value of individual, but in the context of a recognition of the society as a whole. Might be a contributing factor as to why the per-capita rates of pretty much every identifiable violent crime (murder, rape, talking at the theater, etc) is many times higher in the US than in Germany, even including all those refugees who are supposedly driving a huge increase in crime.
(To be fair, the homicide rate in Germany was somewhat higher, back when the actual ***** were in charge.)
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Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner, but he knew it couldn't last. Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona, for some California grass.
Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman, but she was another man. All the girls around her say she's got it coming, but she gets it while she can.
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Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner, but he knew it couldn't last. Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona, for some California grass.
Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman, but she was another man. All the girls around her say she's got it coming, but she gets it while she can.
Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner, but he knew it couldn't last. Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona, for some California grass.
Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman, but she was another man. All the girls around her say she's got it coming, but she gets it while she can.
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That depends. How do you feel about the tenets of National Socialism, and the Jews?
(It was a good joke, though. I had to google the lyrics to be sure I wasn't remembering it wrong, and now I've got it stuck in my head, plus I came across a picture of a kitten hatching from an egg in the process. So + for that.)
(It was a good joke, though. I had to google the lyrics to be sure I wasn't remembering it wrong, and now I've got it stuck in my head, plus I came across a picture of a kitten hatching from an egg in the process. So + for that.)
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Curiosity and an actual desire to understand things around them is a mark of intelligence in cats, children, and adults.
The human brain categorizes things as a way to reduce computational effort to preserve energy for survival. It is the case for visual stimuli, auditory stimuli, tactile stimuli, everything. This is also carried over to concepts and even our perception of others. There is a psychological construct called projection whereby people automatically assume that others see the world the same way they do (until given reason to believe otherwise) because it is easier than trying to comprehend the fullness of each person as an individual.
The human brain categorizes things as a way to reduce computational effort to preserve energy for survival. It is the case for visual stimuli, auditory stimuli, tactile stimuli, everything. This is also carried over to concepts and even our perception of others. There is a psychological construct called projection whereby people automatically assume that others see the world the same way they do (until given reason to believe otherwise) because it is easier than trying to comprehend the fullness of each person as an individual.
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Truly inane lyrics. Maybe the cocain? Rocky Racoon is stupid, but fun.
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Gotta side with DNM here. The Beatles broke a lot of new ground from a technical standpoint. From simple stuff like the fundamental concept of a three-guitar melody, so some really amazing work with multitrack production and electronic effects.
I have heard a story that the lyrics to "Walrus" were written as a kind of joke, after Lenon discovered that college professors were assigning their students to analyze Beatles' songs from a literary standpoint, dissecting the lyrics to interpret their meaning, etc.
I have heard a story that the lyrics to "Walrus" were written as a kind of joke, after Lenon discovered that college professors were assigning their students to analyze Beatles' songs from a literary standpoint, dissecting the lyrics to interpret their meaning, etc.
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You know I love you
I'll always be true
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I'll always be true
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Someone to love
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I'll always be true
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I'll always be true
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You know I love you
I'll always be true
So please, love me do
Whoa, love me do
Someone to love
Somebody new
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Someone like you
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You know I love you
I'll always be true
So please, love me do
Whoa,...
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
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You think you've lost your love
Well, I saw her yesterday-yi-yay
It's you she's thinking of
And she told me what to say-yi-yay
She says she loves you
And you know that can't be bad
Yes, she loves you
And you know you should be glad
She said you hurt her so
She almost lost her mind
And now she says she knows
You're not the hurting kind
She says she loves you
And you know that can't be bad
Yes, she loves you
And you know you should be glad
Oo, she loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
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With a love like that
You know you should be glad
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
You think you've lost your love
Well, I saw her yesterday-yi-yay
It's you she's thinking of
And she told me what to say-yi-yay
She says she loves you
And you know that can't be bad
Yes, she loves you
And you know you should be glad
She said you hurt her so
She almost lost her mind
And now she says she knows
You're not the hurting kind
She says she loves you
And you know that can't be bad
Yes, she loves you
And you know you should be glad
Oo, she loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
With a love like that
You know you should be glad
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Last night I said these words to my girl
I know you never even try, girl
Come on (come on)
Come on (come on)
Come on (come on)
Come on (come on)
Please please me, whoa, yeah
Like I please you
You don't need me to show the way, love
Why do I always have to say "love"?
Come on (come on)
Come on (come on)
Come on (come on)
Come on (come on)
Please please me, whoa, yeah
Like I please you
I know you never even try, girl
Come on (come on)
Come on (come on)
Come on (come on)
Come on (come on)
Please please me, whoa, yeah
Like I please you
You don't need me to show the way, love
Why do I always have to say "love"?
Come on (come on)
Come on (come on)
Come on (come on)
Come on (come on)
Please please me, whoa, yeah
Like I please you
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Yeah, the first three albums were pretty much all teenybopper crap like that. I think it was just like everything else around that time. I think Help was the first thing they put out that really showed their potential as songwriters. Revolver through Abbey Road changed everything, and most of those songs stand on their own merit. Songs like Eleanor Rigby and A Day in the Life are still unsurpassed IMO. Obla Di Obla Da though... yuck.
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Yeah, they started out as the New Kids on the Block. This was a great move. It got them tons of radio airplay, it got them on Ed Sullivan, it made them a household name and provided the cash and leverage that they would need to change the musical landscape.
If the Beatles had just come right out with I am the Walrus in 1960, they'd have been a flop. People weren't ready for that sound yet. The Beatles needed to become popular first, to get everyone talking about them, and millions of screaming teenage girls are a pretty good way to do that.
Unlike modern-day **** boy bands (Bieber, One Direction, etc), the Beatles grew and evolved dramatically in both their musical style and the methods of their recording. They invented the concept of the music video, the rock-opera film, the stadium-concert, the idea of breaking away from the control of a big studio by creating your own record label, pioneered numerous techniques in recording and post-production, and basically just had more influence on the sound of Rock-n-Roll than anyone else since George Beauchamp bolted an electromagnetic pickup to a metal-stringed guitar in 1931. In terms of their contributions not just to musical composition, but to the technology of Rock music, they are on par with Bob Moog and Les Paul.