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european victims (quokk.au)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/mop
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[–] 29 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Yeah.... Winston Churchill's initiatives killed plenty of Europeans. The main reason Hitler is demonized is because he lost the war, that's how history works.

And to be fair the main reason why Rhoades and especially Leopold aren't on the same level as Hitler is because most people don't really study history. I don't think I've ever seen anyone claim Leopold was a good dude, he was ostracized in his own lifetime once his crimes were made public.

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Hitler is history too, though.

    So why do we study the history of Hitler, but not Leopold?

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    Mainly because it suits the propaganda purposes of western nations, but also because it is such a modern topic that is still in living memory. Give ww2 another hundred years and it wont likely be the cultural touch stone it is today.

    Plus, most Western nations were actually involved in the European front of ww2 to a large degree. Ask most people about the Pacific front and the crimes committed by the Japanese empire and you won't get the same responses.

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