[conservatism_IS_compassion]

The Soviet gulags were known of before WWII; the Holocaust was not publicly believed during the war. I credit Hayek with predicting that something profoundly evil - not the Holocaust specifically, but something - would be discovered when the Germans were defeated. He made that prediction based on the deep similarity between NAZIism and Communism, and the known Soviet gulags.

[HiTech RedNeck]

What are you objecting to here?

A bad situation could suggest the possibility of an even worse one. A frying pan could suggest a fire.

I really don’t know what kind of axe you intend to grind.