• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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      5 months ago

      No. Fuck that thinking. Authoritarians and their supporters deserve karmic destruction. End of.

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        5 months ago

        I got flamed a couple months ago for mentioning Soviet War Crimes in WW2.

        I can’t believe some people refuse to admit all war crimes are bad end of discussion. I don’t care who committed it, a war crime is a war crime which is inherently bad.

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          There is a fundamental mistake in seeing continuity here. Each monstrous government may be built on the bones and delusions of the last, but it is no more a ‘Russia’ that is responsible for these crimes than there is a ‘Germany’ which still bears the sins of the Nazis. Insofar as a people or culture may not recognize or acknowledge the sins of their forefathers, they may be lambasted for their callousness, cruelty, and stupidity; but they do not bear the guilt of the sins themselves. I find karmic talk in that context uncomfortably close to the never-ending blood feuds of opposing nationalists.

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            Ah ok. I do feel that the world is in dire need of less retribution seeking and more truth and reconciliation.