Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Appeal of Authority


When translated, this poster means "The Jew: Inciter of war, Prolonger of war." Simply because Hitler was a well-known authoritative figure and had a powerful position, his belief that the Jews were essentially "ruining Germany's chance for perfection" was blindly followed by his people. As in Hitler's case, the authority fallacy heavily relies on the authority to replace the logic; Hitler's personal beliefs were followed with no real evidence to back him up, but since he was in high office, everyone went along with him.

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