<i>Nazism has nothing to do with race and nationality. It appeals to a certain type of mind.</i><p>It&#x27;s not Nazism that should occupy the thoughts of intellectuals. It&#x27;s the underlying psychology of the in-group&#x2F;out-grouping and jingoism. There&#x27;s nothing qualitatively exceptional about Nazis. They were just one point in a spectrum of behavior within the range of possible human behaviors. The challenge to society is that society itself is made out of the psychology of human group cohesion. We are immersed in such psychology, and taught almost from birth to regard such things as akin to ground truth.<p>As 21st century intellectuals, we need even more to be self-aware of how such group psychology distorts our perception of reality.