Nietzsche thought races were unequal, but at the same time at several points expressed loathing of bigots. Is this inconsistent?
(ps I don’t really care what the clever herd animals here have to say, just those who know a few more things.)
Nietzsche thought races were unequal, but at the same time at several points expressed loathing of bigots. Is this inconsistent?
(ps I don’t really care what the clever herd animals here have to say, just those who know a few more things.)
This can be due to the socialization of the time, he unconsciously made mistakes and inconsistent remarks like the aforementioned (if it is indeed inconsisten and we both pegged it correct) subconsciously, consciously writing how he hates racism.
Or perhaps he meant socioeconomically?
Or perhaps he was acting under certain predispositions about how the whiter you are the purer you are?
Depends. If he thought ALL of one race were smarter/better than ALL of another, then that’s a bigot (and would be inconsistent).
If he recognized statistical differences between races but understood that you had to judge people individually regardless of race, in my opinion that’s not a bigot.
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It is possible for a man to proclaim the superiority of one race over another but to denounce those who act on such a belief. Just because one’s better than the other doesn’t mean it’s right or necessary to do anything about it.
I think he percieved bigotry as unjustified racism. He seemed to be all about the justified discrimination.
Right. It’s simply obvious really that certain races have advantages and disadvantages when compared to others, but Nietzsche was against an irrational and destructive institutionalization of distorted racist policy. Irrationally claiming that one race is superior in every way to another (even the 1936 Olympics could not prove to Hitler that his Aryans were not the superior in everything) is just as malignant as saying “we are all equal.”
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