• itkovian@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Sorry but there is an assumption implicit in your argument that tyrants like Hitler are somehow not human and are exceptional and not really a part of humanity. Well, they are.

    There is this quote that I absolutely love

    “No tyrant could thrive where every subject said no. The tyrant thrives when the first fucking fool salutes.” -Steven Erikson.

    I repeat, it is really shameful of us that we are far too often the fools to salute.

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      3 months ago

      Sorry but there is an assumption implicit in your argument that tyrants like Hitler are somehow not human and are exceptional and not really a part of humanity

      Never claimed or implied that. So don’t really have anything to respond to here as this is all entirely unrelated to what I was saying.

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        3 months ago

        Perhaps I am failing to make you understand that in my mind, Axis and Allies are a part of one larger group, humanity. Hitler starting the war to conquer Europe is a failing of humanity, in this case failing of Germans to stop Hitler from sparking the war. I am not saying that Allies responding in kind, with violence is failing. It was only appropriate. They most likely were left with no other choice.