Comment on The Chemist’s War
TomMasz@piefed.social 6 days ago
This should have been a much bigger scandal than it was. But the prevalent thinking at the time was “they deserved it,” so it was quickly forgotten.
Comment on The Chemist’s War
TomMasz@piefed.social 6 days ago
This should have been a much bigger scandal than it was. But the prevalent thinking at the time was “they deserved it,” so it was quickly forgotten.
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 5 days ago
This seems to be a prevalent thought across the States, right to this day. Sure, there’s no doubt a general, human nature component to it, but it seems to me that it’s got extra venom in the US, and I’m not totally sure why.
One idea might be that there are elements of Puritan thinking that seemed to flow in to the permanent national culture, and of course, medieval Christian thinking in general probably promotes the thinking, as something that flows out of the whole ‘good and evil,’ ‘heaven and hell” mindset.
Bah, sorry for going way off tangent like that, but it got me thinking…