Controversial
Peterson Says COVID Pandemic Proved Most People Would Not Have Resisted Nazis
Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
How to Become Who You Are Meant to Be
"You'll make the assumption, for example, if you're watching Schindler's List, you would have been Oscar Schindler. It's like that's just not how it would have worked out, ladies and gentlemen. You can tell that by watching what happened during the so-called COVID pandemic. People who stand up against the pathological mob, they're few and far between."
Peterson draws a direct parallel between compliance during COVID restrictions and the likelihood that most people would have gone along with Nazi atrocities rather than resisting. He argues the pandemic revealed that the rare individuals willing to stand against social pressure during COVID are the only ones who would have actually resisted totalitarianism, contradicting most people's self-image as potential heroes.
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