tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596790.post578900398495139436..comments2023-12-23T20:09:27.185+00:00Comments on The Curmudgeon: It Must Never Happen Again, Except to the ScroungersPhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18076353733931722397noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596790.post-56110852168959858482014-12-11T20:54:09.350+00:002014-12-11T20:54:09.350+00:00I think it was intended perfectly seriously. The c...I think it was intended perfectly seriously. The camp guards and staff needed the odd morale boost, and they were the ones doing the genuine, worthy work. The inmates were merely making due payment for the crime of existing.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076353733931722397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596790.post-65742294464039396152014-12-11T20:45:34.312+00:002014-12-11T20:45:34.312+00:00That slogan 'Arbeit Macht Frei' is, basica...That slogan 'Arbeit Macht Frei' is, basically , what he and IDS (on behalf of 'the money') are saying. That work, regardless of whether it is paid, or what sort of work it is, or under what circumstances the work is carried out, has a value in and of itself. <br /><br />As you imply, it's also a Nazi joke aimed at the 'citizens' of the concentration camp. Ha f*cking Ha.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16468701779384631831noreply@blogger.com