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>>>And if I read your previous comment correctly, it wouldn't be discussed at all (because the Nazis had better uniforms?), no? No, you didn't read that correc
by CapricornNoble 6y ago
>>>And if I read your previous comment correctly, it wouldn't be discussed at all (because the Nazis had better uniforms?), no?
No, you didn't read that correctly. Better uniforms is a somewhat-facetious explanation for German popularity as a faction in wargames. People will naturally gravitate to the team that looks cooler. Same reason why the 501st Legion is a thing in the Star Wars fandom, but there isn't really an equivalent Rebel Alliance fangroup of similar size.[1]
That in no way suggests that Nazi atrocities should never be discussed in any medium or venue just because they were stylish. Maybe my experience was different attending Quaker schools, so quite a bit of our history classes covered various crimes against humanity in detail. I'm just saying that nobody needs to be beat over the head with historical moralizing and soul-searching in what is essentially a game of chess with more complicated rules, and the starting positions of the pieces imported from reality. There's plenty of other, better, ways to handle the morality of the history besides a computer strategy game.
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501st_Legion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501st_Legion