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masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 week agoGerman culture and heritage was destroyed by the world wars. What remains is not what was there pre-WWII.
And I’m not cancelling or destroying anything. I’m just prioritizing cultures worth preserving over those that have been poisoned by a century of dictatorship and death.
Allero@lemmy.today 1 week ago
Name me one major culture that was not poisoned by dictatorship, misinformation, and hate
masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
I don’t have to, I just have to name one better than Russia.
Allero@lemmy.today 1 week ago
About half of these countries were militaristic authoritarianist shitholes, some even not that long ago by historical measures.
Yet, all these cultures have proliferated, and you consider them worthy of studying. Same idea here. Give it time.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
It’s not the same idea, as I didn’t advocated studying them when they were authoritarian shitholes who were actively slaughtering their neighbours.