• UnequalExchange@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      80% of all Wermacht soldiers thst died in WWII died on the Eastern Front

      ALSO the majoriity of japanese soldiers that died during WWII died in China.

      😏

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      7 hours ago

      Implying that the number of dead on your side is a good way to measure contribution to the war effort is the most communist thing I’ve read in a while.

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        What else should count? If more Nazis died in the Eastern front than other fronts, it seems to imply the USSR did more of the job of winning the war than other countries.

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      One of our biggest, and honestly most important, exports is entertainment. Movies. Books. Television.

      Lots of those about WW2. Lots of different stories to tell there and make ourselves the hero.

      Especially when most of the time spent between 1945 and 1994 was spent with the USA having a dick measuring contest against the USSR. And we’ve very much proven ourselves to be the biggest dicks.

      Could you really blame Putin for his role in this information war, given this context?

      Not saying he’s right. Just saying he’s justified. Tit for tat.

      We didn’t invent the printing press for sending greeting cards. We didn’t even invent the printing press…but we sure make people think we did.