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  • Happens a lot when you talk about burgers or pizza and you get an ad for whatever you’re talking about.
    You can say that’s coincidence, and yes these chains do a lot of ads.
    Then one day I’m looking at food to order (I have all the ad/tracking blockers) while my GF is on her laptop doing something completely different.
    I mention how bad restaurant X is. (there’s only one, not a chain)
    And in 2 minutes she gets the ad for that particular restaurant.
    Really, history has shown over and over that you can’t trust tech companies.









  • It’s a high end resort with its own heli pad.
    They will serve the cuisine and drinks they have on their undoubtedly carefully curated menu.
    If they don’t like it, don’t go there, leave a nasty Yelp review or whatever, end of story.

    This has absolutely nothing to do with ‘access to sanitation’ as you imagine here or worse that woman’s dramatic claim of violating her human rights to water.
    Making the equation with billions of people that are suffering and dying to this day from lack of warter is grotesk and offensive.
    This pretentious Karen wasted the court’s time and resources twice for her shameful whims.
    It improves absolutely nothing.


  • Before D-Day, the US prioritized Europe before Japan , and it fought the Germans in North Africa and in naval battles

    North Africa was largely a British effort (not to mention also late in the war, AFTER Stalingrad)
    The actual fighting in Europe except for some bombing runs was the invasion of Sicily. Also 1943.

    I am not overcorrecting, just correcting.
    I have also for a long time overestimated their efforts (and allies in general) when the Soviets eliminated 85% of nazis, most of their troops were on the eastern front.
    Al this caused by propaganda and revisionism.
    The times and places of battles are correct, they are not up for discussion.
    How you interpret them and their weight is another thing.
    But more important than their effort was the realization of their motives.
    That was the shocking thing for me, also Europe’s part and the heavy downplaying of collaboration and whitewashing afterwards.
    Maybe we should make a difference here between the troops and government also when talking about the US actions.
    I believe that nearly all the soldiers should be respected for the effort in fighting fascists.
    The government is another thing.
    You may see it differently but we can have our own opinions.
    That’s all I have to say I guess, unless you have objections ;)


  • They let the germs and Soviets weaken themselves, they saw both as their enemies.

    Saying that they only joined the war when it was clear that the Soviets were going to win is just ahistorical.

    Again, only after the battle of Stalingrad decided the future outcome in 1943 did they enter the European theater.
    Those are 2 facts and historically accurate.
    Yes the Soviets were glad the west did a (small) part against the nazis.
    But that only was a temporary marriage of convenience.
    And again, they only went in to grab a piece of the loot as the opportunistic vultures they are so the Soviets wouldn’t get it.
    Which they still could if they wanted to, and chase the combined western ‘allies’ out too if they decided to continue the war.
    I’m certain they don’t teach that in most US schools but they do at West Point military academy BTW, in case you want to call that ahistorical again.
    The US deserves to be shit on for all the awful things they do and did.
    If you’re looking for a win for your country, WW2 is not it.
    As I said, we Europeans became US vassals, same as the Japanese.
    So no, they were not the good guys despite the liberator heroes propaganda BS.


  • The Japanese were slaughtering literally millions of Chinese people

    Yes that’s awful but I guarantee you the US couldn’t care less about that.
    The examples of the brutalities in the Philippines and other places in the area show enough about their attitude. (nothing has changed about that BTW)
    I guess some people believe also they really want to help the Iranians from their evil government.
    I repeat, they only did it out of self-interest, certainly not out of some humanitarian motivation.
    And the same goes for their actions in Europe.


  • The sensible military experts knew moving their main base to Pearl Harbor was crazy and creating a juicy target.
    They most definitely expected an attack from intercepted messages and other intelligence.
    And the embargo on Japan from resources is at least an act of aggression if not war.
    They knew the Japanese certainly saw it that way.

    Of course the US didn’t fight fascism as many industrialists liked that ideology.
    They only acted against them when they were sure they would lose against the Soviets.
    From then on they actively helped to evacuate and save nazis for their future war against communism.



  • only involved out of self-defense.

    The oil embargo on Japan was a virtual declaration of war.
    As always the US wants war to defeat their economic rivals.
    In Europe they waited royally late until the decisive battle of Stalingrad in 1943.
    The reason they ‘liberated’ western-Europe was to take a part for themselves and stop the Soviets from going all the way to the Atlantic.
    Making Europe vassals to this day.
    There was no self-defense only opportunistic self-interest.