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Re:The four ways that ex-internet idealists explain where it... by tzs on Saturday August 25, 2018 @01:51AM (#17839747)
> 1942: β€œThe Germans are our enemies.” That was a fact.

It still is a fact. The statement is implicitly about the relationship with Germany at the time of the statement. It is not a claim that the relationship will stay the same for all time forward.

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Re:The four ways that ex-internet idealists explain where it... by Fnoord on Saturday August 25, 2018 @07:00AM (#17840373)
Context matters, indeed.
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