In order for white people to streamline the process of knowing everything, all human beings can be neatly filed into one of two categories: People I Agree With, and People Who are Just Like Adolf Hitler.
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It’s also critical that you avoid the fatal mistake of getting creative and comparing people you don’t like to other evil dictators, such as Joseph Stalin or Fidel Castro. With few exceptions, white people are actually fond of almost any dictator not named Hitler, and your remark that “this is just like something Mao Zedong would do” will be met with blank stares and possible social alienation. This is because, with the exception of Hitler, oppressive dictators share a passion for many of the things white people love - such as universal health care, conspiracy theories, caring about poor people while being filthy rich, and cool hats.
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[Hervorhebung von mir, wegen Che, Lenin, Castro und Konsorten und der linken Verehrung derselben, die manchmal an fanatische Groupie-Orgien erinnert.]
