It is absurd to believe in the possibility of perpetual peace...Fascist education must be education for battle. Fascism believes in sanctity and heroism.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker argues that perpetual peace is absurd and that fascist education should prepare for battle, valuing sanctity and heroism.
- In plain terms
- Peace is unrealistic; education must train for war and heroism.
- What can you take from it?
- Militaristic ideologies reject the notion of lasting peace.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does framing peace as absurd serve a regime’s goals?
Another view
It reflects a specific extremist viewpoint.
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