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It isn't controversial. (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/aiop@lemmy.world
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“It isn't controversial to say German citizens in the late 1930s should have killed Gestapo and brownshirts on sight and physically pulled down Hitler and executed him and his entire command structure at midday in downtown Berlin, to prevent the Holocaust.”
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[–] 11 points 9 months ago

Very few people truly believe that it's an existential threat, even when it's spelled out. Everyone firmly expects to die of old age like their grandparents got to, even though a lot of people in history haven't.

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