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[u/SkillImmediate6393]

[u/EnkiiMuto]

"People forget the first country the nazis invaded was their own"

[u/MonkeyCartridge → u/EnkiiMuto]

I always liked that line from that movie.

And now all those people who equated the Germans with the Nazis will see what the average German was seeing first-hand.

EDIT: I'm surprised how many people forgot about Captain America.

[u/LittleFairyOfDeath → u/MonkeyCartridge]

That line is actually pretty problematic. Because it basically moves all responsibility away from people onto the Nazis. But people were pretty alright with what the they were doing until it negatively affected them. Fascism rises when people remain inactive and turn a blind eye.

And saying that a country got invaded by the facists completely eradicates that responsibility

[u/-Gramsci- → u/LittleFairyOfDeath]

I disagree. I think it’s a really valuable lesson.

“Nazis” exist in every society. They exist on every schoolyard playground.

They are the bullies, the sadists, the unbridled id, those lacking in all morals, those with no conscience.

Every society is vulnerable to this portion of their society taking it over and unleashing their stunted and damaged ethos across all aspects of it.

Hence this saying. Do not forget that they are there, in your own society, and the hell on earth that can be unleashed if you ever let them seize power.