Iirc, didn't Hitler also say something to the effect that if Germans lost to the USSR, they deserved to be killed wholesale? Fash really do expect total annihilation for one side or the other, and seem to take peace as an opportunity only to try again later. It's disgusting.
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The objective, I believe, is just to make it as grizzly, bloody, and awful as possible, because they have the full backing of Western media. The history books (in the West, anyway) will blame all of it on Russian aggression, and this narrative will be driven into everyone who will listen, in every region they can get their slimy tentacles into.
It's been their game plan all along, as we all know. From the very beginning they intentionally put artillery next to active schools, hid their soldiers in school buses and ambulances, and did everything in their power to maximize their own civilian death tolls, knowing Western media and audiences would blame Russia for every death that could have been easily avoided. These people are fighting for control of the region to remake it as they see fit, and for all their talk of nationalism and the Ukrainian people, they will gladly sacrifice the entire population if it lets them rule what's left to be "pure".
I remember about 5 years ago I saw a book titled Stalin's War in Barnes & Noble here in the U.S. Until that point, I'd only ever heard the "Stalin and the USSR were actually responsible for WWII, Hitler was a natural reaction to Bolshevism" from neo-Nazis. Then, there it was, as pop history available in a very public format, presented as historical fact, with no competing narratives. Every other "history" text they had there about socialist countries was the usual "communism is when bad", but this was the first time I'd seen it taken further than horseshoe theory or lesser of two evils.
All this to say we're not arriving at a new step. It's just they're finally rewriting reality more Westerners might be familiar with. Right-wing fringe has steadily been integrated into the mainstream for awhile now. Maybe even longer than I've noticed.
True. I don't have any confidence in Trump's administration as peacemaker, though.
God, reading that was painful. They really do try to spin the narrative in the most obnoxious ways. I'm not holding my breath a peace deal will be made based on how Ukraine and its backers are talking. Feels like more posturing by the West to try and paint Russia as unreasonable for not surrendering unconditionally while winning.
This is kinda funny to me for a reason. Confederate apologists support Trump, and one of their biggest "gotcha!" plays for villifying Abraham Lincoln was his suspension of Habeas Corpus. They love going "Lincoln was a tyrant for suspending our rights when half the country literally seceded and attacked forts." But if Trump does it to imprison progressives peacefully protesting the genocide in Gaza, or marching for their civil rights, those same "rebels" will lick the boot.
I was talking about the remake, lol.
What's the YT series roasting TLoK? I'm interested.
Another example of something that upsets me, unrelated to this, is glorification of capitalists. Prime example is Duck Tales. I genuinely like the show, except when they bring up how he got rich from "hard work" and never explain what exactly it is that he does to be rich.
Another example, Legend of Korra, where Asami is literally perfect. No bad qualities at all, and she's the young venture capitalist. Even the two capitalist villains get redeemed and use their industries to create wonders for society by the end.
And what really upsets me, and makes it slightly irrelevant to your post, is that the stories are so enjoyable that even though that shit made my eyes roll and my blood boil, I sat through both series. It somehow hurts worse when the storytelling is actually good.
Back to your topic, I guess when people offer dogshit analysis of media that promotes prejudices, capitalist rhetoric, or fascism, that's when it makes me so mad I can't listen anymore. For all the faults of liberal media, I can usually ignore their shitty politics if it's entertaining. Only example I can think of where I couldn't was that godawful remake of V back in 2009.
Star Wars is an especially contentious subject that every "enlightened centrist" and lib manages to project onto history in some offensive way. Really, it's more like a mirror for backwards education of history, so they can just go "when Star Wars does X, it reminds me of how I was taught such-and-such people did stuff." Perfect example being the Ottomans "stealing" children (neglecting the fact many parents offered their children to the devshirme because it could increase their status).
Another example, one that upset me, was some YT video about the Clone Wars episode where the Pantorans claim an ice moon and the Chairman is trying to kill the indigenous alien species, and ultimately Senator Chuchi makes peace with them by respecting their sovereignty. Somehow, someone argued that the aliens were little better than animals, brutal savages, and Chuchi betrayed her people's interests by letting them keep their planet (which didn't even have significant resources). His defense of that was that it wasn't racism, because these are aliens. I've seen other scifi videos where they justify using flamethrowers on bug people (Geonosians); and a "pro-human" speech for the movie Avatar where the villain conflates humanity with building wonders, not primitive connections to nature.
I guess what annoys me to where I can't listen is where people find a way to be racist by using proxies so when you point out "that's racist", they just roll their eyes like you're too sensitive and tell you it can't be, because it's an alien.
Western history for sure, but I imagine Russia, China, and most of the world will recognize the truth. It just sucks for us stuck living in the empire.