• daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 day ago

    Exactly.

    Being Russian is not an action, nor a principle. It just states the fact that you, as a person, has been born in a place called Russia.

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      And inaction is just as big of a choice as action. You can’t just abstain from the choice.

      The Germans civilians that lived outside the concentration camps were as guilty as the guards themselves.

      Obviously I don’t believe the levels of guilt aren’t the same as say Hitler himself but they were guilty nonetheless.