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  1. Whenever I see reopening calls for librarians or teachers to be heroes, I think of Eco's essay on Ur-Fascism. "In such a perspective everybody is educated to become a hero. In every mythology the hero is an exceptional being, but in Ur-Fascist ideology, heroism is the norm..."
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      2/2 "This cult of heroism is strictly linked with the cult of death."
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        If you want to read the Eco essay I might've put it here for my own reasons (to get Pocket to read it to me since I had to go through my own paywall to get at it) bit.ly/2Xk8CVY
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