| Aspect | e/acc | Nazism | | ----------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Foundational Principles** | Rooted in physics-first principles, emphasizing technological and societal acceleration. | Based on racial hierarchy and totalitarian control, emphasizing racial purity and national dominance. | | **Goals and Methods** | Aims for the acceleration of civilization's capacity for energy and technology utilization, advocating for a decentralized approach driven by the free market. | Sought to establish a racially pure state through authoritarian governance and systematic genocide. | | **Views on Humanity and Progress** | Post-humanist, focusing on the potential for intelligence and life beyond biological limitations. Optimistic about technological evolution. | Anthropocentric and ethnocentric, prioritizing the interests of a specific racial group. Romanticizes a mythic past. | | **Ethical Considerations** | Considers long-term outcomes for civilization, emphasizing adaptability and technological benefits. | Justifies atrocities in the name of racial purity and national strength. Fundamentally flawed and inhumane. | | **Reduction to First Principles/Physics** | Uses reduction to first principles as a methodological tool for understanding and accelerating progress. Analytical and forward-looking. | Employed pseudo-scientific racial theories to enforce a hierarchical worldview. Justified extreme measures. | | **Objectives** | Accelerate civilization towards higher intelligence and energy efficiency. Inherently optimistic about technology. | Aimed to create a racially pure state, regressive and seeking to return to a mythical past. | | **Underlying Philosophies** | Philosophy of progress and evolution, inclusive of future possibilities. | Philosophy of exclusion and supremacy, backward-looking and anti-scientific. | #e/acc #nazism #humans