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Re:They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 by pastor_bob on Friday April 15, 2022 @02:03PM (#31043488)
A question that seems pointless to me unless you believe you have some sort of innate fundamental morality, which history has shown usually isn't the case for people. Your upbringing and circumstances would have been totally different, and therefore your mindset unpredictable.

Your greatest chance of being anti-Nazi, for instance, would have been just to be a card-carrying Communist.

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Re:They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 by zasdffaa on Friday April 15, 2022 @02:34PM (#31043942)
His question is interesting (I have often wondered similarly) but your response is also interesting. So...

> unless you believe you have some sort of innate fundamental morality

to suggest otherwise would be to say that most people don't, but most people will help others - a lot of support is going to Ukraine which would simply not if Ukraine were the aggressor (and I acknowledge such ethical behaviour is patchy and sometimes not there but often it is).

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