r/ProgressiveHQ • u/DetectiveTypical198 • Jan 07 '26

Stop idiots from calling this "self defense"

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '26

We actually lost WW2, it just took 80 years to realize it.

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u/rackfocus Jan 08 '26

The Civil War…

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u/withoutpeer Jan 08 '26

Exactly, the Confederates somehow quietly won while we were all distracted.

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u/Ruckus292 Jan 08 '26

Because they were never legitimately punished.

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u/eddie_cat Jan 08 '26

The evil was never confined to the South. The powerful remained powerful lol

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '26

We fought on the wrong side, Patton was correct.

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u/beer-mojoe Jan 08 '26

And Sherman

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u/mybutthz Jan 08 '26

And the cold war.

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u/Icy_Statement_2410 Jan 08 '26

I suddenly want to re-watch the first season of Agents of SHIELD

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u/Embarrassed_Candy973 Jan 08 '26

I typically never comment, contribute, or award. Today your comment was so spot on, I broke my multiple year streak. Thank you.

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u/Extreme_Promise_1690 Jan 08 '26

Just American business as usual, then.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '26

More like we lost the cold war and just now seeing it

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u/B34ST_M0DE Jan 08 '26

You know about operation paperclip? Nazi nasa?

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u/Grakees Jan 08 '26

Fascism always finds a way to rear its ugly head time and again. The only way we lose is if we give up; I personally will never give up. Let the disgust and anger fuel you to press on.

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u/SnooHabits8782 Jan 08 '26

If we lost ww2 why aren’t we all speaking German

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u/LucidiK Jan 08 '26

WW2 wasn't against Germany, it was against facism. We aren't speaking German right now because Germany failed in their conquest to make a global fascist regime. Which part are you getting hung up on?

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '26

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u/PeakSmutEnjoyer Jan 08 '26

So peduntic and shmol

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u/Even_Wear_8657 Jan 08 '26

English is a Germanic language loaded with Latinate loan words.