Heidegger as a Nazi ideologue

The ones who would have us believe that Heidegger's philosophy should not be judged on account of him being an active Nazi miss the point that his philosophy is the very ideology of Nazism. When interpreting any philosophy we must avoid two pitfalls: either interpreting it directly through psychological or sociological factors on the one and interpreting it without any reference to the social conditions it was formed in on the other side. Sein und Zeit would not be so problematic had it been written a century earlier, but as it is it is a vile piece of propaganda. First of all the affirmative character of Sein comes to mind, certainly a metaphysical inheritance. For Heidegger being is meaningful in itself - as is revealed of his manipulative reading of truth as a-letheia, as un-concealment (manipulative because there is no eveidence that the ancient greeks understood the word in that way, on the contrary Plato interpreted it as ale theia, as divine frenzy). He opts for a passive stance toward the world, an acceptance of the status quo that is revealed in his idea of Gelassenheit. What might have been interpreted as just a conservative stance towards the world a century earlier now say nothing less than that you should not fight the inevitable (the domination of the world by the Arian race), because it is predestined. The most grotesque part of Sein und Zeit is the one dealing with death - Heidegger interprets is as a meaningful end of life that is organically connected to the life-course. Here is where the morally perverted character of his philosophy is revealed in all its essence: being part of the totalitarian system which created concentration camps, places where physical death was a relief from existence as a living corpse, which stole all meaning not only from death but also from life, he dared write about the meaningfullness of death. The justification of Heidegger and the justification of Nazism are so closely intertwined that it is impossible to separate one from the other. We must never forget the lesson Adorno taught us: thinking - and especially for those that are privileged enough that they may freely use their mind for the pursuit of truth - caries with itself an inextricable moral responsibility.