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[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

to prevent what happened inbetween?

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I strongly believe killing Hitler would not have solved things.

[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yep. The rise of Fascism was a result of class dynamics brought on by the declining impact of imperialism on the rate of profits.

Hitler was just an opportunist, not some Great Man of History.

[–] not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Sounds awfully familiar.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 5 points 2 weeks ago

Hitler was still popular in Germany.... in the 1960s. Being freshly dead doesn't seem to wane someone's popularity it seems

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

And therefore wasn't any sort of improvement.

That's the metric, right? One action fixes everything, or don't bother.