(August 30, 2017 at 2:05 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: He certainly was very decent in his treatment of both POW and local Jews within the area controlled by his army. He forbad his son from joining the SS because of SS brutality. I would say he was a very decent man, but he does seem to suffer from certain intellectual dissonance regarding the conduct of Germany overall.
Many of the prussian descent generals were uneasy with Hitler's methods. But given that they were military families, the dissonance was obfuscated by their patriotism. Same happens in the US of Trump now.
I would like to know a reason for the fuctardedness of patriots these days. Its one thing to love your homeland, traditions, etc. Another thing is to vaunt yourself and your place on the planet as 'special'.
The US is not special, it was in the begginning, up until they sat on a fantasy throne as rulers of the "free world".
There is no place for rulers in a free world. Just education and the fostering of ideas.
