R. B. Kuiper on totalitarianism and World War II

[Reformed Covenanter]

Every once in a while it is said that the present world war is a war of democracy against state totalitarianism. No doubt that assertion contains a considerable element of truth, but it should not be taken without several grains of salt. The fact that totalitarian Russia is fighting on the side of the allies may well give pause. So may the expressed conviction of many thoughtful Americans that for some years already there has been in evidence in the government of our own land a totalitarian trend.

And it goes without saying that the desire, however foolish, on the part of the citizens of one country to live under a totalitarian regime is no good reason for another nation to issue a declaration of war. The undersigned prefers to think of the present conflict as a war, by nations which themselves have transgressed God’s law in many ways, on wanton international aggression, flagrant international lawlessness, brazen international piracy, blatant international nihilism. Even that conception is not without its difficulties and, no doubt, suffers from oversimplification, but it does seem to name the chief factor in a highly complex situation.

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R. B. Kuiper on totalitarianism and World War II

Every once in a while it is said that the present world war is a war of democracy against state totalitarianism. No doubt that assertion contains a considerable element of truth, but it should not …

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[jwright82]

"The War to End All Wars" indeed. We can hate, and should, Postmodernism all we want but the two world wars were scientifically and rationally methodical in their destruction of life. So for post war thinkers they thought "well if that's where science and reason get you then we don't want it".