here are many lessons to be gleaned from "Downfall." Perhaps the most important is that absolute faith in one's own virtue is not a commitment to virtuous behavior but a commitment to one's own will. It's a license to commit atrocities.Or --- in the case of our own home-grown leftists --- it's a license to commit treason.
Or --- in the case of our own home-grown leftists --- it's a license to commit treason.
Fanatics about "virtue" are found at every political level, left/right/center.
Fanaticism itself is the real evil, imo. -- Being overzealous for most ANY cause can lead to disaster.