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ImJustSo t1_j1ht6q9 wrote

Reply to comment by Robert999220 in Where history has been fought by RedTomatoSauce

And denying it, etc

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reverandglass t1_j1i51aa wrote

Or the flip side. Take a terrible history and change and grow, like Germany.

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MisterPeach t1_j1ijw0f wrote

The opposite of what the Japanese did. I have a lot of respect for the German people taking responsibility and being so vigilant against fascist ideology today. If something similar to the Holocaust happens again, it certainly won’t originate in Germany.

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Duckboy_Flaccidpus t1_j1iv6tc wrote

IMO, it's overkill how they try and be as vigilante as you say. Lot's of contextual reasons led to Hitler's rise as the fuhrer and while he maintained his ardent supports the populace as a whole likely started regretting it and he also seized power, really.

They were initially downtrodden, humiliated and stifled by clauses from Treaty Versailles and someone came to them claiming birth right cultural and heritage pride and to be prosperous once again, to be fair it sounded good. I'm not an apologist, well, actually I might be for most of the people, it happens to the best of us and will again too.

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eggman64 t1_j1kezmn wrote

What's your prediction for Germany? How soon for another "Nazi"-like party to take power?

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Duckboy_Flaccidpus t1_j1m5jjl wrote

They are nowhere near the same stifled, crippled and depressed society they once were; the political alliances, economic prosperity, diplomatic lines drawn and sovereign superpowers are nearly all different, in modern times, besides US hegemony (which could be waning, depending on perspective taken).

I think we are very far off, if at all, from a Nazi-Germany repeat of history, it doesn't really make sense in this climate.

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Danitoba t1_j1kgpzw wrote

Your wording suggests you change and alter history, like Germany is trying to do.

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reverandglass t1_j1kjj8d wrote

In essence you do. It turns WW2 and The Holocaust into an abhorrent mistake and not a defining national trait.

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