• @vzq
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      332 months ago

      Are you familiar with Nazi Germany?

      Just making sure.

        • @prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
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          All while killing nearly 15 million civilians and undesirables, after being allied to the Nazis and invading Poland and then only going against the Nazis when they kept invading.

          The Soviet’s were happy to carve up Europe with the Nazis.

          The soviets didn’t win it single handedly by any measure, but funny joke and all.

          The Soviets weren’t the good guys, they just happened to be double fucked by their bad guy ally.

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      • @Xanis@lemmy.world
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        Nazis certainly were evil at their core and may be an outlier. War though? It’s difficult to not call war and it’s atrocities evil. Even if you can prove irrefutably that you are on the “good side”, two barracks down, the next town over, a 1000ft overhead something evil could be taking place specifically because war exists, and what’s evil hides easiest in chaos and death.

        Conflict happens. To the single soldier. The lonely wife. The stricken Mother and Father. War rarely has a true meaning. “Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters. The silence is your answer” Javik (Mass Effect)

        People tend to defend war because of their agreement or disagreement over the reason for a conflict. While there is often a morally right side and wrong side, all I really see are the lives lost.

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          52 months ago

          Nice speech. Not terribly relevant, but I’m sure it made you feel nice.

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          I am familiar with “Just following orders”, if that’s what you’re asking.