The totalitarian need for and use of the new idea.
First, after the French Revolution, the idea was Marxism . which led to Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin, Neocons and so many totalitarians.
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The Danger of an Idea – Just Change the Label to Environmentalism
Ist mir egal, ob ich Schuld am Zustrom der Flüchtlinge bin. Nun sind sie halt da.
— Angela Merkel (Bundeskanzlerin, 2015)