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> In the case of WWII: I have never seen anything to make me believe that the allies fought the Nazis because they were anti-fascists (ideology).

In the sense that “anti-fascist” is a dishonest euphemism for “communist”, of course not. But the Allies were ideologically opposed to fascism, Nazism, and Japanese imperialism.




> In the sense that “anti-fascist” is a dishonest euphemism for “communist”, of course not.

Give me a fucking break. I meant as in: they fought the war because they had to, not because of being anti-fascist.

America thought Nazis were such an existential threat that they remained neutral until Pearl Harbor.


> Give me a fucking break.

Stop parroting commie talking points and I won’t assume you’re a communist.

> America thought Nazis were such an existential threat that they remained neutral until Pearl Harbor.

You’ve spent this entire thread criticizing the US for foreign military interventions and now you turn around and criticize the US for not intervening soon enough? I’m sorry they didn’t do more to bail out your beloved Soviet Union in the seven months between Operation Barbarossa and Pearl Harbor. (Not really)




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