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Major historical events do not necessarily have deep intellectual or ideological causes; assuming so is a common fallacy.
Drawn from what Matthew Yglesias said
SubjectEurope
What Matthew Yglesias actually said
- Matthew Yglesias Writes Slow Boring, a near-daily newsletter on American…
But I think this impulse to gild the lily and attribute the rise of Hitler to deep intellectual trends is an example of a pretty common fallacy of assuming that an incredibly important world event must have incredibly important roots.
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