Probably. Rashism is real.
General_Effort@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Who’s calling for that boycott? Putin?
Respect for the true pacifists out there, but investing in EU-based defense industry is hardly questionable by ordinary standards.
vorb0te@lemmynsfw.com 5 days ago
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
Europe used the specter of Russia to justify it’s dive into militant fascism the last time too.
General_Effort@lemmy.world 5 days ago
False. Western Europe increased arms spending in response to German aggression. Germany increased arms spending… well.
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
Germany, famously not part of Europe.
Well what? The specter of Russia was a huge part of how Germany justified it’s fascism.
Just like now.
General_Effort@lemmy.world 5 days ago
False.
Germany built up it’s army in preparation for attacking the rest of Europe. Adults usually know this. Sorry if I have misjudged your age.
Germany and Soviet Russia were allies and cooperated in the attack on Poland. This only fell apart when Hitler betrayed Stalin by invading the Soviet Union.
It is said that in all his life, Stalin only ever trusted one person: Adolf Hitler. When German communists conscripted into the Wehrmacht defected in the night before the attack, to bring warning to the Soviet Union, Stalin had them shot. The last supply train carrying grain for Nazi Germany crossed the border less than 2 hours before the launch.