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Arthur D. Hlavaty ([personal profile] supergee) wrote2019-02-19 09:33 am

Which side are you on?

There’s a wave of revisionism going around now pointing out that Winston Churchill was a genocidal colonialist. Our other ally in World War II was even worse. And we still were on the right side.
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Well ...

[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith 2019-02-20 12:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, the Nazis were definitely the worst possible option. Better to get in bed with somewhat less awful allies. After saving the world from Nazis, work on saving it from allies.

I note that there's rather less colonialism now than then, so that ... sort of worked.