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Calls to mind the old joke about how if your aunt had balls she'd be your uncle. Today we're used to the idea of a tiny shriveled ball sack-in-cold-weather Germany without a Baltic presence, but at the time, saying "just forget about the Germans in Poland" (which had just reappeared as a political presence for the first time in like 400 years) was a non-starter
That doesn't stop it from being Hitler's choice. "I want to do X" is difference from "I was forced to do X."
"I want the communists to win the War in Russia and China" is difference from " I was forced xyz"
I am not being cute or trolling and don't know how to say otherwise. Our entire discourse is poisoned but please try to consider that sincerely. Or don't. Trying too hard to care is more cringe than it's ever been so not appearing to try too hard is a sign of legitimacy
Stop engaging in rhetoric and deflection, as opposed to defending your substantive claims or acknowledging your mistakes. This will remove the appearance of trying to be a cute troll.
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