three suited men in my coffeeshop. one of them just said, "my personal idea of progress is moving things forward," which is actually just the definition. everyone's nodding. guys like this are in charge of every industry and it's clearly why trains explode
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[–] 17 points 7 months ago (2 children)

There's a lot of anime and hero stories that have a speech like this, a tautology about moving forward when the characters are unsure about their actions.

The worst part is, it can be destructive. Like, when one Nazi says to another, "Hey...should we really be killing all these Jews instead of just deporting them like we originally planned?" And this kind of phrase, when given in response, is meant to inspire some form of persistence to the current course, no matter how stupid or horrible it is.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    The explanation that I heard was that Hitler was originally trying to get rid of all of the Jews in the countries that he conquered, but he eventually decided that he wanted to conquer the entire planet.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago

    From my knowledge it was just a logistics problem, mass killings are far easier to do then sending millions of people to a faraway country. And probably cheaper.

    And yes, this has some grim implications about the current situation in the US.

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