Topic: Primo Levi

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Survival in dehumanizing environments like the Gulag or concentration camps depended on sticking to ethical principles, according to accounts by Viktor Frankl and Primo Levi. Desmet warns that the current "technocratic totalitarianism" is led by "dull bureaucrats" rather than charismatic gang leaders. He stresses that the psychological effect of a small group adhering to the truth will eventually outweigh the power of the hypnotized masses.