> That made me think of how Arendt described the pre-totalitarian mishmash of opinions and totalitarian "opinions" That is genuinely all. If that is not welcom

> That made me think of how Arendt described the pre-totalitarian mishmash of opinions and totalitarian "opinions" That is genuinely all. If that is not welcome here, fine, but this "what are you trying to say?" as if there has to be some other layer I just don't get, or this flagging spree against me now. > much better to just explain it explicitly in your initial reply. "this made me think of" is implied to me. I could have put some specific phrase in italics, but other than that, just flag the thing. Any reply I make just gets used against me anyway, so do whatever.