on Twitter people used to idly ponder: how could "ordinary Germans" do such appalling things to fellow human beings & enthusiastically cooperate with Nazis? take positions in death camps? assist in gassing Jews & other "enemies of the people"--pry gold fillings out of their teeth?
yet more whimsically speculate that "if women were in positions of power..." things would not be so awful.
no one will ever ponder these question again.