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132. Maps of Meaning 4: Marionettes & Individuals (Part 3)

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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Ordinary Men Is a Book About, It's the Best Book of Its Type

There's a book called ordinary men about german policemen in early stages of world war too. They were old enough to be raised in germany, really, before the hitlarian propaganda came out in full force. These guys were going out in the field with naked, pregnant women and shooting them in the back of the head by the end of their training. Their commander told them that they could go home at any time. So this is not one of those examples of people following orders. One of the reasons they didn't is because they didn't think it was comradely, so to speak, to leave there the guys they were working with to do all the dirty work and run...

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