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The Deadly Experiment of Ideological Totalitarianism
In a profound reflection on history and philosophy, the speaker revisits Friedrich Nietzsche's ominous declaration that "God is dead"—a metaphor for the collapse of the religious and moral foundations that once underpinned Judeo-Christian civilization. Nietzsche’s prognosis extended beyond the mere death of faith; he warned of ensuing nihilism—a state where life loses intrinsic meaning—and predicted that this vacuum would inevitably give rise to totalitarian regimes, particularly communism, as societies struggled to confront meaninglessness.