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  • Azzu@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    Godwin’s law itself always confused me. Of course comparisons with nazi Germany are overused, but it’s literally only 80 years ago. The fact that it could happen such a short time ago means that many of the same dangers, same lessons learned are very likely still completely applicable today. The human behaviors that led to Nazi Germany are still there, in/outgroup thinking, fear of foreigners/others, etc etc etc

    So yeah I don’t think “Godwin’s law” existing as a concept should stop valid comparisons.

    • Skua@kbin.earth
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      It doesn’t! It’s just a comment on how overused the comparisons are on the internet. To quote Godwin himself:

      Although deliberately framed as if it were a law of nature or of mathematics, its purpose has always been rhetorical and pedagogical: I wanted folks who glibly compared someone else to Hitler to think a bit harder about the Holocaust.