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25th September 2018

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German holocaust video reveals Brazil's polarization ahead of election
A video published by German diplomats explaining their country's efforts to learn from the holocaust has kicked up a storm in Brazil, where
Reuters

“The former third world is getting tired of the NATO/EU-approved Lessons of WWII” is a real thing no one’s preparing for

Like we laugh awkwardly when somewhere in India, Malaysia, Indonesia splashes “Hitler!” on clothing or bars or w/e, but as far as they’re concerned he’s the Genghis/Napoleon-style conqueror who stood up for upstart nations and slapped down their colonial rulers, and there’s more of them than us

Tagged: Hitler!

  1. baconmancr reblogged this from kontextmaschine
  2. siliquasquama said: The sad thing about that is that while Ghengis Khan and Napoleon were highly effective leaders who created political reforms that echoed down the ages, Hitler was colossal fuckup who deliberately constructed his administration to be inefficient.
  3. dedicating-ruckus-blog reblogged this from samueldays and added:
    This makes me think that the bad reaction in Brazil was due to the perception that the Holocaust stuff was trying to be...
  4. lyycernment reblogged this from anosognosic
  5. anosognosic reblogged this from kontextmaschine and added:
    that’s not quite what’s happening here. hitler is still a proverbial baddie in brazil, though with a little more...
  6. samueldays reblogged this from kontextmaschine and added:
    I think there’s potentially a big adjustment coming in the first world as well, once the Holocaust Generation dies off...
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  8. rustingbridges reblogged this from kontextmaschine and added:
    … Is this true? I forgot to ask any Chinese people about Hitler, specifically, but he was on the wrong side for them so...
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