Historians have often wondered how such mind-staggering barbarism could emerge in modern civilized Europe. The answer lies in the power of idols. Nazi doctrine was organized around the idol of race. An individual’s race (Aryan or Jewish or Slavic) was said to determine that person’s views, character, and even worth. Communist ideology was organized around the idol of economic class. A person’s economic class (capitalist or proletarian) was held to be the all-determining factor.
