Packet 1: Bonus 5
A book by this philosopher traces the “specific Jewish responsibility” for antisemitism to European Jews’ unconditional loyalty to the state. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this philosopher who analyzes a form of government exemplified by Nazism and Stalinism in The Origins of Totalitarianism.
ANSWER: Hannah Arendt [or Johanna Arendt]
[10m] Because totalitarian terror makes “all men … equally superfluous,” Arendt claims that it exemplifies this two-word Kantian concept, which is the human propensity to desire things contrary to the moral law.
ANSWER: radical evil [or das radikal Böse]
[10h] Arendt argues that totalitarianism rose from societies defined by this isolated figure, who ignores “everyday problems” to “[work] for a great task.” In a 1930 book, another philosopher outlined how this figure adopts the “psychology of the spoiled child” and is content to remain mediocre.
ANSWER: the mass-man [or mass-men or el hombre-masa; reject “the mass(es)”] (The latter account of the mass-man is from José Ortega y Gasset’s The Revolt of the Masses)
<FW, Philosophy> | NAFTA-Packet-1
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 10.24 | 95% | 5% | 2% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maybe Ever | [Redacted] | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| St. Marx | The Worst Trade Deal in the History of Trade Deals | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| WashU | W&L+Friend | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| four high school generalists shock natives with fluent stock in Tocharian B | Lex | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at UBC | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 75% | 0% | 25% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 8.00 | 80% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 6 | 11.67 | 100% | 17% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |