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slowturtle | 2 years ago

Just because "we" are from English-speaking countries doesn't mean "we" have the same "enemies", and the idea that people are assigned a list of enemies based on where they're born is insane. Being born on the same patch of dirt doesn't mean I have anything to do with you.

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margalabargala|2 years ago

This is a remarkably uncharitable reading of the comment you replied to.

The person was pretty clearly talking in the past tense about WWII, not claiming that anyone is your enemy now.

Whether you like it or not, being born on a particular patch of dirt means that you are in fact part of the shared history of people born on that patch of dirt, which includes having had the Germans as enemies at one or two points in the past.