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by Kaiyou 2248 days ago
That work sets you free is an unsubstantiated claim. I'm working and I don't think that this set me free. On the contrary, I think it's pretty shackling.

What would be a not naive understanding of the quote? I think it is reasonable to want a future for your own children. How are we living in a world where this is controversial?

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It's not a future for "your own children" it's a future for "white children" generally that needs to be "secured" (from whom?) spoken in the context of white supremacy.

If it was "I want a nice future for my own children" that would be uncontroversial.

Here's a personal claim: Meine Ehre heißt Treue. (My honour is called loyalty.) Seems like a upstanding thing to say, but it's banned as a slogan in Austria and Germany, because of its relation to the SS.

The words chosen are relatively vague and could mean a number of things, but in context both this and the 14 words are clearly part of the white supremacist movement. You can't ignore the history and context of language.

> Meine Ehre heißt Treue. (My honour is called loyalty.) Seems like a upstanding thing to say

Not at all. It's literally boasting that one will blindly follow orders, even those that would be considered dishonorable.

You can't be this naive?

Please search for "arbeit macht frei" and get back to us.