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Kid Berwyn

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5. Every day, Hannah Arendt becomes more and more important.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 05:03 PM
Jan 2026
The Power of Non-Reconciliation – Arendt’s Judgment of Adolf Eichmann

by Roger Berkowitz

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Eichmann must hang, Arendt argues, neither because he broke the law, nor merely as a setting right of the scales of justice through revenge. He must hang, instead, because no human being must be expected to share the earth with him. He must hang, in other words, because what he did was so horrific that it must simply be rejected, eradicated, and said no to. This does not mean it should be forgotten, not at all. Rather, the world in which Eichmann's crimes could and did happen must simply be said no to. In short, Eichmann must hang because his crimes are irreconcilable with a civilized world.

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Source: https://www.hannaharendt.net/index.php/han/article/view/11/8.

To get rid of the NAZI, we must get rid of all NAZIs -- including the ones in our government.

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Hannah Arendt wrote the truth about Eichmann. Kid Berwyn Jan 2026 #1
It's amazing how right-wingers are justifying deadly Emile Jan 2026 #3
Every day, Hannah Arendt becomes more and more important. Kid Berwyn Jan 2026 #5
Absolutely correct. cilla4progress Jan 2026 #2
I used to, not anymore dem4decades Jan 2026 #4
I am nervous LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2026 #6
So am I. Emile Jan 2026 #7
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