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Re:Blizzard bans player from Hearthstone following on-stream...
by sascha_sl on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @03:35AM
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It should be noted that before invading Poland, Nazi Germany and Hitler were not unpopular in the US, and even then public support only faded slowly, so that probably would've been a hotter take.
Hindsight is always easier.
Re:Blizzard bans player from Hearthstone following on-stream...
by chii on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @03:36AM
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During nazi Germany, the corporation indeed did not pick a side (ala, IBM's equipment was used to do data processing for the holocaust).
But, it's too far to say that they (IBM) was pro-holocaust.
Re:Blizzard bans player from Hearthstone following on-stream...
by ajuc on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @03:41AM
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> But, it's too far to say that they (IBM) was pro-holocaust.
Only because it's inconvenient.
Hitler wrote what he wants to do with Jews in Main Kampf. There were lots of exiles from Germany before WW2.
Supporting such a regime with hardware makes you morally at fault exactly like building a crematorium in Auschwitz. In fact - many people building stuff for Germans had no choice - help or die. IBM had choice and decided to help for money.
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Re:Blizzard bans player from Hearthstone following on-stream...
by chii on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @03:40AM
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Pro-making money is not pro-holocaust.
Re:Blizzard bans player from Hearthstone following on-stream...
by ajuc on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @03:46AM
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Lots of people were selling information about hiding Jews to Germans for money or for saving their lives.
Was that "pro-holocaust" or "pro-money"?
A lot of people were working as guards, maintenance personel, etc at death camps. Were they "pro-holocaust"?
In the end if you helped to make death camps work and had a choice to avoid doing so - you're at fault.