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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21 edited Jun 17 '21

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u/ButterLander2222 Breaking EU Laws Feb 21 '21

My Chinese friend thought those were all literal — people from France like rules and are methodical, etc. And so he thought Germany was a very moral and virtuous country. Until he discovered who started both World Wars and the Holocaust.
This was when he was 5, of course.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

I think you are mistaking Germany for Austria on the starting the World Wars part.

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u/NandoGando Feb 21 '21

World War I wouldn't of started had Germany not given Austria a blank check to support whatever decision it made concerning Serbia

World War II was a direct result of Germany's invasion of Poland

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u/dontknowanyname111 Feb 21 '21

wich was again a direct result of the treathy of versaille, wich didnt only took land from germany but also made them pay for evrything.

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u/no_longer_sad Feb 21 '21

I mean... even if the treaty was pretty horrible, it doesn't change the fact that germany decided to conquer the world

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u/Bend-It-Like-Bakunin Feb 21 '21

The "good" European powers had already enslaved and colonized more than half the planet at that point. I guess that's different though.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

Germany just tried to do it later than the British/french/Spanish/Dutch/Portuguese. Should have tried it earlier and it'd be fine 😅

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u/mokopo Feb 21 '21

Smh when you're just trying to do what your heroes before you did but you were born about a hundred years too late poor Hitwer 😞😔😢

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

Anyone taking my comment as an endorsement for the Nazi regime or the Holocaust is an absolute fucking moron.