Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 21:29:04 +0000
From: Iain McKay <iain.mckay-AT-zetnet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: does Nietzsche like baby food?



Hi all

Colin writes:

> you know, i really hate it when people pick on Nietzsche and call him the
> father of Nazi-isms.  It shows a complete lack of understanding of anything
> (in fact, everything) that he has written.  You see, Nietzsche was one of
> those great individuals who just turned around to the rest of the world and
> said "I don't give a fuck."  Yes he was radically anti-democratic, yes he
> believed that the lower forms of individual should sacrifice themselves for
> the sake of the Ubermann.  And does this mean he is a Nazi?  No, not at all.

but it does make him an elitist and not an anarchist. Personally, I
would
agree with Stirner and suggest that the "lower forms of individual" get
together and tell the Ubermann to fuck right off...

Interesting fact, does anyone who agrees with an elitist writer ever
consider themselves a "lower form of individual" or are they, by 
definition, part of the elite? 

> Because the one thing that Nietzsche despised above all else was what he
> called the "herd mentality"  And what is nazi-ism but a playing out of this
> mentality.  In fact, Nietzsche would have hated Hitler and Hitler would
> have hated Nietzsche.  And that's all there is to it.

And its always fun to see individualists parroting other peoples ideas 
word for word... Herd mentality, anyone :)

Give me Stirner any day...

Iain