thetrashbear
thetrashbear t1_j4tcr60 wrote
Reply to comment by vexinc in TIL: There's a square in Bucharest (Romania) that was renamed after Adolf Hitler during World War II, then renamed after Joseph Stalin during the Cold War, and is now currently named after Charles de Gaulle. by Fifth_Down
Yeah! Stalin is orders of magnitude more significant than any other single individual in the defeat of Hitler. And he approved of countless Holocaust memorials and memorials for those who lost their lives defeating Hitler and the Nazis. But yes, the two diametrically opposed sides that made up the most significant part of WW2 by far are actually THE SAME.
God help anyone trying to be the world's most simultaneously ignorant and confident person when American redditors are around.
thetrashbear t1_iwxuvez wrote
Reply to TIL in response to infamously high suicide rates at Mapo Bridge in Seoul, South Korea, the bridge was adorned with suicide prevention messages and uplifting photos. These measures weren't enacted by the government, however, instead the entire project was financed by Samsung's life insurance division by evilclownattack
Korea was a vassal slave state of Japan for decades. They tried to completely exterminate Korean culture, language, and even names. Koreans raised up and overthrew their occupiers. They formed citizen councils to establish a democracy in their country. The Soviets respected their councils and kept them. The Americans said absolutely not, destroyed them, and placed them under a racist, fascist military dictatorship run by the USA.
Suicide being popular in the south is hardly surprising.
thetrashbear t1_j4tgxpb wrote
Reply to comment by yolkadot in TIL: There's a square in Bucharest (Romania) that was renamed after Adolf Hitler during World War II, then renamed after Joseph Stalin during the Cold War, and is now currently named after Charles de Gaulle. by Fifth_Down
Why would that piss of Stalin? He supported MLK and MLK was a socialist. Seems like that would please everyone but the Nazis, which is how you know it's a good thing.