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  • Nietzsche’s work fell into the hands of his sister when he became ill, and she was an outright fascist and colonizer whose funeral was attended by Hitler. If I remember correctly there is solid evidence she altered Nietzsche’s work to align with nazi ideology.

    It’s been a long time since I read N’s work, but from what I recall it doesn’t fit nicely into nazi ideology even though there is some similar sounding language. Nietzsche’s ubermensch would not be found within the violently enforced strict hierarchy of fascism.

    If anything N presents a very strong criticism of European culture as a projection of the ruling class’ values onto the masses who obligingly fall in line. He hated Christianity as a facilitator of that projection by promoting meekness and compliance among the population. And he largely rejected anti-semitism while still having some weird views on race common to the era.

    This has me wanting to reread his work now that I’m not a liberal.