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Can you explain why you would call an article like this exploitation?

• ptaipale 9y ago
  I can understand that viewpoint - for Western (as well as Russian) culture, WW II is the last "big good war", with a clear set-up of good vs. evil. Later wars are much more filled with controversy: Korea, war in French Indochina, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, not to mention the many smaller conflicts where USA (and others) were involved. Of course, in reality, WW II also had many many controversies, but particularly for American and British audiences, it is simple to associate "our boys" fighting for the good and the other side being at least almost totally evil. Such a constellation is suitable for exploitation of the conflict and huge human suffering for entertainment. (Same applies, from Chinese viewpoint, to Sino-Japanese war, which I in fact see as the actual start of WW II, instead of the more traditional attack against Poland.)