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[Meta] Putting yourself in someone elses shoes. (self.ShitWehraboosSay)

vet_lazLost in the suburbs of Moscow. がたった今投稿

A lot of the time when I look back on what happened I ask myself "Well how would I manage to deal in that a situation?"

Often times I read through people who have this endless amount of sympathy for the Wehrmacht and how it managed things in the Second World War. Its hard for me to see that, especially when I think about what my fate would be if I lived in a country invaded by them way back. I'm not Jewish, but I'm not white either. I think if I lived in the Soviet Union back then in some town that came under occupation, my future outlook would be pretty grim. Those guys walking around in jack boots wouldn't have much sympathy or concern for me. If any.

Like I got three options, get worked to death fighting for a system that's gonna end up throwing me away whatever the outcome, trying to hide and scavenge to the best of my ability, and joining the partisans to make it anyway I can. The outcomes are difficult, unimaginably so, but the decision isn't. To me anyway.

But hindsight is 20/20! Just fighting for the fatherland and following orders ya'know? They just weren't prepared for the weather and Hitler didn't listen. Well if there weren't so many of them then...

Reality don't give a fuck about none of that. You can throw the biggest pity party in history and reality still won't give a fuck.

My ancestors came up on small little islands in the middle of the ocean most people have never heard of. When I hear discussion about the ethics behind the Atomic bombings I wonder what a Micronesian living in Truk would have thought about it.

"Hey you know the Americans have this new weapon, what do you think about the ethics of using it?"

"My brother starved to fucking death working in a farm field so that giant garrison of soldiers could feed itself after it was cut off. They serve no importance to their military and their country but they refuse to surrender because of pride."

But many people don't know what a Micronesian is, or what their experience in the Second World War was like. Not to mention what was going on in China. The outcome was certain and had been for some time, yet making the final decision was dragged out for quite a while.

Your thoughts /r/SWS ?

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