• Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Nazis weren’t exterminated, the US government hired quite a few (and that’s not counting the ones who went on vacation to Brazil in 1945)

    Maybe we should do it right this time.

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      9 months ago

      The biggest sin of the American government was failing to hang every single confederate sympathizer. The problems only cascade from there.

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      9 months ago

      Not to mention that the Germans themselves took a few years out, and then put a lot of the Nazi political machine back in charge.

      Does anyone remember when Kurt Waldheim, UN Secretary General for 9 years and President of Austria for 6, turned out to be a former nazi? Whoops ie!

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        9 months ago

        You’re right, but bad example. Maybe when talking about Germans, use an actual German example? There are more than enough, Kurt Georg Kiesinger for instance.

      • Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        Yes you can, but that still didn’t happen. If you think there weren’t any Nazis left in Germany (or even weren’t in government after the fact), I’ve got some lovely ocean front property in Austria to sell you.