• wpb@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        How did this thread become about the Hitler-Chamberlain pact and the Molotov Ribbentrop pact all of a sudden?

        • Souvenir@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          The meme is about never compromising with fascists.

          You can argue that both Stalin/Molotov and Chamberlain had good reasons to sign a (temporary) compromise with fascist Germany. Which means you believe you should sometimes compromise with fascists.

          Or you can argue that Stalin and Chamberlain were wrong to compromise with fascists. Which means you agree with the meme that you should never compromise with fascists.

          But this meme was originally posted on lemmy.ml, where a lot of users will reflexively defend Stalin for compromising with fascist Germany (they’re also here) but then post memes which say it’s never ok to compromise with fascists. Which is double think. You either think it’s sometimes acceptable, or you think it’s never acceptable to compromise with fascists.

          Cognitive dissonance is the mental discomfort people feel when their beliefs conflict with each other. People often react in weird ways when they’re suffering from it. You can witness plenty of it in this comment section.

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            1 day ago

            Well said! Chamberlain’s appeasement is rightfully excorciated while Stalin’s collaboration is excused and defended. Fucking pathetic how ideologues bend and twist.

        • m532@lemmy.ml
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          2 days ago

          Godric is a zionazi who makes fake shit up about everyone and everything the pissrael settler occupation base hates.

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          2 days ago

          Apparently the “alliance with Hitler” phase of the Soviet Union is a hotbutton issue for .ml users

      • Souvenir@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 days ago

        Hush now.

        I think you’ll find that when Stalin compromised with fascists, that was a very good thing, that’s why despite being very proud of making this supposedly necessary compromise, discussing the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was taboo in the Soviet Union till 1989. They simply didn’t want to make a big thing of it, because Stalin was such a modest and down to earth guy.

        LOL

        Always funny watching the tankies tie themselves in knots defending it.