There was a competing party promising net utilitarian benefit. Communist/socialist party.
So? Promising net utilitarian benefit is not the same as convincing people you will in fact deliver net utilitarian benefit.
Nobody ever argues that it is a net social benefit to waste money replacing the street signs. Or that it is a net social benefit not letting the Polish use W in their names.
The argument that there is a net social benefit to having a single culture.
The argument that there is a net social benefit to having a single culture.
Not at all. The argument is that Polish deserve this for having previously occupied the country. Or other nationalistic crap.
edit: just because you are accustomed to rationalizing actions as net benefit does not mean that other people do that. Most don’t. Utilitarian arguments are quite rare. The proponents of said policies themselves never even claim them to be beneficial to anyone. They use other rhetorical tools.
So? Promising net utilitarian benefit is not the same as convincing people you will in fact deliver net utilitarian benefit.
The argument that there is a net social benefit to having a single culture.
Not at all. The argument is that Polish deserve this for having previously occupied the country. Or other nationalistic crap.
edit: just because you are accustomed to rationalizing actions as net benefit does not mean that other people do that. Most don’t. Utilitarian arguments are quite rare. The proponents of said policies themselves never even claim them to be beneficial to anyone. They use other rhetorical tools.