Having ownership over an object, whether it be tangible or intangible, develops one’s sense of identity because it has the potential to turn them into a person who is beneficial or detrimental to society after receiving that object. Unlike Plato and Aristotle, I believe ownership would not just strictly develop a good moral character nor become detrimental to a person but have the opportunity of completing both, which ultimately depends on the individual themselves. For example, growing up being mixed race, I had the experience of being exposed to three entirely different cultures: Filipino, Ashkenazi Judaism, and American. My father being from the Philippines taught me about …show more content…
Hitler had ownership over his belief that Jews were to blame for Germany’s failures, which he then proceeded to use as a reason to torment and kill an incredibly vast amount of them. His intangible possession, a hatred for Jews, evolved into the tangible ownership of concentration camps and other machinery used to murder Jewish individuals. He propagated the belief of this to others, expanding the amount of intangible ownership held over this ideology. Hitler saw his views of ethnic cleansing as a blessing to the world as he believed he would purify it from Jews.While he felt as if he was making a positive impact on the world, he was in fact doing the complete opposite. His ownership of both the intangible and tangible had grave repercussions as he almost eliminated an entire group of people. The single belief that Jews were to blame for all German societal, economical, and political problems turned Hitler into someone who was capable of mass murder, molding him into a menace to