“US corporations were conducting covert business operations with the Nazis: such as Standard Oil of California, Phillips Petroleum, Mack Trucks and Firestone Tires, which had subsidiaries in neutral nations like Sweden and Switzerland…”

  • Tolc@lemmy.worldOP
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    8 hours ago

    The molotov ribbentrop pact crybaby libs never talk about stuff like this

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      4 hours ago

      Ah yes, straw man arguments and whataboutisms are powerful tools against the uninitiated.

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        I mean the way libs never talk about stuff like this is telling isnt it

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      what, you mean that capitalist companies trading with Nazis is different from the state itself actively collaborating with those same Nazis? crazy idea. Almost like there’s a difference between the actions of individuals and the actions of a country.

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        US fighters were prohibited from targeting US factories and buildings in Germany during WWII. The state is complicit.

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        7 hours ago

        There was no nazi collabortion with soviet union and US trading with nazis in midst of war isnt actions of individuals

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          6 hours ago

          I’m sure the Polish will be glad to hear that the Nazis didn’t collaborate with the Soviet Union while being invaded on both fronts.

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            Them invading poland is common denominator, doesnt make it collaboration.

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              Ah yes, if someone’s punching you in the face and I decide to stab you in the back after telling the other guy that we’re cool and we’ll divide up everything you own, that’s not collaboration. We just happen to have the same goals and decide to do the same thing that helps each other and ourselves after agreeing to do so.