Simone Wei's Essay On Mein Kampf

In his argument, Simone Weil discusses the truth behind Hitler’s sayings from his autobiography Mein Kampf. In which she expresses her agreement with Hitler’s way of thinking, saying that Hitler was the only one who had the “certain courage” to put his beliefs in place without being labeled a criminal. She believes that Hitler in his autobiography Mein Kampf that he gives a perfect description of the natural laws we live by. But what Weil doesn’t look at is the place he is coming from which is why I believe Weil’s response is incorrect, because Hitler’s way of thinking is the way of a criminal not just because he was in prison at the time, but he is promoting inequality and greed by spreading the belief that there is a weak and a strong side …show more content…
Another difference between actual natural selection and what Hitler explains is that natural selection happens naturally between two different species. But in the events where humans used natural selection it was intentional. For example the Native American population of North America that went from 112 million in 1492 to 10 million by the end of the 19th century. Some may say that the native American genocide was a form of natural selection because of the part disease played in the genocide but if you look at the other factors like, massacres of full tribes and the biological warfare that was used. We see that it was the Europeans intention to get rid of the Native Americans. They like Hitler with the Jews thought Native Americans were stupid and inferior. Because of this many innocent people lost their lives for doing absolutely nothing. The main reason why acts of natural selection in humans are different because we can control and produce resources, there is no need to wipe out another group of people to survive. If the Europeans dis decided make alliances with the Native Americans I think our country would be in the same position. Because there is no need for humans to