It’s not whataboutism, it’s a legitimate point. I agree that Hitler was the problem and at fault, but that doesn’t change the fact that for the rest of the world the ‘right’ answer to the Hitler problem was in fact violence.
Sorry but there is an assumption implicit in your argument that tyrants like Hitler are somehow not human and are exceptional and not really a part of humanity. Well, they are.
There is this quote that I absolutely love
“No tyrant could thrive where every subject said no. The tyrant thrives when the first fucking fool salutes.” -Steven Erikson.
I repeat, it is really shameful of us that we are far too often the fools to salute.
Sorry but there is an assumption implicit in your argument that tyrants like Hitler are somehow not human and are exceptional and not really a part of humanity
Never claimed or implied that. So don’t really have anything to respond to here as this is all entirely unrelated to what I was saying.
Perhaps I am failing to make you understand that in my mind, Axis and Allies are a part of one larger group, humanity. Hitler starting the war to conquer Europe is a failing of humanity, in this case failing of Germans to stop Hitler from sparking the war. I am not saying that Allies responding in kind, with violence is failing. It was only appropriate. They most likely were left with no other choice.
It’s not whataboutism, it’s a legitimate point. I agree that Hitler was the problem and at fault, but that doesn’t change the fact that for the rest of the world the ‘right’ answer to the Hitler problem was in fact violence.
Sorry but there is an assumption implicit in your argument that tyrants like Hitler are somehow not human and are exceptional and not really a part of humanity. Well, they are.
There is this quote that I absolutely love
“No tyrant could thrive where every subject said no. The tyrant thrives when the first fucking fool salutes.” -Steven Erikson.
I repeat, it is really shameful of us that we are far too often the fools to salute.
Never claimed or implied that. So don’t really have anything to respond to here as this is all entirely unrelated to what I was saying.
Perhaps I am failing to make you understand that in my mind, Axis and Allies are a part of one larger group, humanity. Hitler starting the war to conquer Europe is a failing of humanity, in this case failing of Germans to stop Hitler from sparking the war. I am not saying that Allies responding in kind, with violence is failing. It was only appropriate. They most likely were left with no other choice.
Therefore, on the individual level there are in fact times when violence is the answer, even if that’s just because it is the only answer remaining.