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"cuz, y'know, China bad." (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 27 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The country that was a Nazi ally and didn't drop the swastika from their air force insignia until 2025? Finland the country currently implementing mass austerity while giving tax cuts to the rich? That Finland?

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    The Finnish Air Force swastika is such an interesting case to me, because the moment you do a google for "Finnish air force swastika", you are blasted with rationalizations: "predates nazism", "good luck charm", "innocent", "unrelated to Hitler". You get blasted with rationalizations before you can even see the history: which is that the innocent wholesome chungus dude who brought the swastika was Hermann Göring's brother in law lol.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_von_Rosen

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago

    which is that the innocent wholesome chungus dude who brought the swastika was Hermann Göring’s brother in law lol.

    And the fact that he was himself a leading member of the Swedish National Socialist Bloc (Nazi party)

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