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People keep comparing what we're seeing now to Nazi Germany. They're not wrong. The resemblance is undeniable.
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True, but the major powers all did forced 'reparations' from Germany. Paperclip involved the other Allied and colonial powers too.
Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Osoaviakhim
The Allies were absolutely more favorable to surrendering Nazis, no question, but let's not act like Paperclip was somehow unique or exceptional.
It's more salient, I think, that the Nazis concept of Lebenstraum was inspired by American Manifest Destiny, as did Jim Crow laws for the Third Reich's legal implementation of genocidal policies.
Most countries and nations are shit. Name a single ruling politician from any first world country that oppose trump.
If you look at the denazification program the Soviets did in East Germany, and then look at the lack of such efforts by the Allies in West Germany, you get a better understanding of the different approach by each side to Nazis.
Exactly, Soviets wanted to wipe them out, while Allies took them in. Soviets are by far the real heroes.
Did you miss the part where operation paper clip was a race against the Soviets to take the most intellectual talent? They were giving the right people passes too. The ideological war was long over and the existential war around nukes was just getting going. Everyone wanted those scientists.
Yeah except the Soviets already were AHEAD in the science department, remember ??
They were the ones that started the space-race. Oh & those "scientists" were Nazis.