Bonhoeffer‘s Theory of Stupidity

Dietrich Bonhoeffer's argues that stupid people are more dangerous than evil ones. This is because while we can protest against or fight evil people, against stupid ones we are defenseless — reasons fall on death ears. Bonhoeffer's famous text, which we slightly edited for this video, serves any free society as a warning of what can happen when certain people gain too much power.

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CHAPTERS
0:00 The Darkest Chapter
0:21 All for naught
0:34 Country of poets and crooks
0:55 Letters from prison
1:21 Facts for the stupid
1:35 Self-satisfied savage
1:46 Cautiously understand stupidity
2:00 A moral defect
2:18 Making people stupid
2:32 Stupid socializing
2:47 Sociological-psychological law
3:06 Stupid, not stupid
3:27 Control
3:47 The "stupid" spell
4:04 The power of liberation
4:22 Patience is a virtue
4:29 The thought lives on
4:46 Action springs not from thought
5:19 Our fantastic Patrons
5:28 Subscribe and support

COLLABORATORS
Script based on the work of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Editor: Jonas Koblin
Editor: Karl von Luckwald
Artist: Pascal Gaggelli
Voice: Mithril
Coloring: Nalin
Editing: Peera Lertsukittipongsa
Production: Selina Bador
Production Assistant: Bianka
Proofreading: Susan

DIG DEEPER
Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Final Words - This Day in History
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

SOURCES
Dietrich Bonhoeffer,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_Bonhoeffer

Original Text
http://southsidemessenger.com/bonhoeffer-on-stupidity-entire-quote/

Bonhoeffer getting arrested
https://books.google.co.th/books?id=PRmMBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA170&lpg=PA170&dq=bonhoeffer+%22arrest%22&source=bl&ots=QPUYQtpnHn&sig=ACfU3U0_B2plpEAqox7NfoMhC4p4MD09FA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj43u-mrtHsAhUPfX0KHUY2BU0Q6AEwBXoECAMQAg#v=onepage&q=bonhoeffer%20%22arrest%22&f=false

CLASSROOM EXERCISE
How would you define Bonhoeffer's version of stupidity? Work together as a class to devise a definition. What qualities must someone possess, or lack, to be considered stupid as Bonhoeffer describes it. In what type of situation would someone display their stupidity? What can we do to avoid stupidity in today's society? Discuss with your class and let us know in the comments below what they think.

SOURCE OF VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww47bR86wSc