Other than hatred for the diabolical Jew, Nazi racial theories and policies seem largely to have been down to the will of individual officials. Whether you were a Slavic untermensch, a volksdeutsch, … (View Post)

When I first started doing Latin, textbooks tended to treat ancient slavery as sort of okay, because it was not race-based. I remember the phrase “Laeti servi sunt”, “the slaves are happy”, along wit… (View Post)

Pure selfishness, too. The only way you can live with taking people as slaves and selling them, is to dehumanise them in some way. (View Post)

Religion can certainly be used to dehumanise others. But plenty of non-religious causes of dehumanisation exist. (View Post)

“I think I’m the real victim, here.” (View Post)