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Indirectly, the voters who put a warmongering leader into office are accountable…but when a war goes wrong, they never blame themselves. Cynically, it’s not wh
by shermantanktop 3y ago
Indirectly, the voters who put a warmongering leader into office are accountable…but when a war goes wrong, they never blame themselves.
Cynically, it’s not who is actually responsible and by how much, it’s who is forced to take the blame.
- cmrdporcupine 3y agowhen a war goes wrong, they never blame themselves Arguably the German nation/culture has done this. At least in large part. Not sure any cultural repentance would ever be enough though. I also feel like there is in Canada at least a growing understanding of the horrors of colonization and attempted genocide and assimilation against First Nations here. Whether that ultimately leads to reconciliation and a better path forward is hard to say.
- shermantanktop 3y agoWell, there’s war, and then there are wars which are driven by popular cultural and social ideologies. Desert Storm and WW1 are pretty different than WW2 that way.