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From: robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison)
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Subject: Re: Humanism, Christianity, and Nazism
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Date: Thu, 3-May-84 12:53:18 EDT
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I am commenting further on the points in Y. Leventhal's followup.
The focus of my note correlating Nazism with the history of democratic
institutions was concerned with the subversion of what I regard as
reasonable govenrmental ideals, NOT (for a change) with antisemitism.
Unfortunately I failed to make this clear.  I feel much more comfortable
accusing Italy in WW II of fascism than of an unusual level of anti-semitism.

Leventhal's correlation of the size of jewish populations with the
strength of antisemitism is very striking.  Poland's extraordinary
efficiency (greater than Germany's) in killing most of its 3 million Jews
is particularly difficult to understand.

Finally, please note that my proposed correlation is with the history
(and thus ingrown depth) of democratic institutions, not with current
social structure.  I believe that a country that has built its support
institutions over hundreds of years is less likely to turn to extreme
forms of government.
					- Toby Robison (not Robinson!)
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