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khakansson t1_iqqs0js wrote

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Were all germans except for the nazi elite completely innocent?

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TeaGuru t1_iqqt34r wrote

No. But were they all guilty?

My grandparents survived Auschwitz, lost their first child there so your example hits closer to me than I'm guessing it does to you. My grandparents moved to Dortmund Germany, to become one of the first Rabbis after WWII in the country.

Imo the one thing our society is greatly missing is empathy. Actual true empathy. Try it, you'll be better off.

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khakansson t1_iqr2wcl wrote

No, sorry, empathy has its limits. At some point a people need to take responsibility for its own fate. What would the West look like today if our grandparents didn't do that? If we stopped doing it? Just burying your head in the sand is being complicit.

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TeaGuru t1_iqtg2pq wrote

Empathy does not have any limits. If you were born with Hitler's exact generic make up and lived good exact life, your be Hitler. I have empathy for people so sick and twistedv that they harm others. I have empathy for millions of citizens that are fed propaganda and are worried about where their next meal will come from or if their spouse/child will die on the battlefield, as a political prisoner or a POW. I have empathy for people with psychotic disorders. Etc.

People can only take responsibility for themselves. Everything else is theater. Your grandparents for what they believed in , great.

I vote, I'll try to engage with anyone that is reasonable. I take care of my people and strangers. That's all I can do. I definitely don't pass judgement on people who's life I can never know as a group, nation, religion etc.

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mr_blockchain_ t1_iqrcdp3 wrote

You sound brave, a true keyboard warrior! /s

What the fuck have you done during your worthless life? You sound like a stupid racist to me.

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khakansson t1_iqree5r wrote

And you sound like a thoroughly balanced individual. Did something I say hit a nerve? good.

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mr_blockchain_ t1_iqrcmxn wrote

You are correct here, and the downvotes are coming from the bots and the stupid russophobe racists. Carry on, fellow human.

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