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In 1945, most French people thought that the Soviet Union deserved the most credit for Nazi Germany’s defeat in World War II — even though the Soviets didn’t play much of a role in France’s liberation, relative to the US and Britain. By 1994, however, the French had changed their minds, and were crediting the US as the biggest contributor to victory in Europe.
Fact of the matter is that the Soviet Union played the single most important part in the defeat of the Nazi Germany in World War II. Around 70% of the German military deaths were in fighting the Red Army and Soviet partisans alone.
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It's fucking infuriating hearing media talk about "Shoot the boer" because it's always either "this is bad and calling for white genocide" or "no it's not literal it's just a harmless protest song not calling for anyone to die" (as happens with Death to America endlessly) because they can NEVER admit that maybe black south africans have some history with colonists that might make some of them want to "shoot the boer". it has to be completely defanged and taken out of any historical context ever.
because settler colonists will never admit that colonialism was not only wrong but something a lot of people will never forgive them for, so everything needs to be rationalised and absorbed back into the status quo where people are all civil and nice and the communists and other militant groups totally had nothing to do with the pressure to end apartheid.
like across so many colonial countries it's just unfathomable that colonialism was not only wrong but something people are rightfully angry about beyond status quo electoral civility. because at the end of the day the people who benefit from it are only willing to go so far to actually see it as a problem in the first place.
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sending my hated nemesis a bouquet of spider lilies to signal the depths of my disdain but she's a really stupid airheaded hero type and so she doesn't understand the symbolism and continues to labour under the misapprehension that we are very good friends who occasional have violent lesbian sex
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Okay so just to sum up recent events on the US Right:
• Trump starts a contract with Peter Thiel's Palantir company to create a database of ALL INFORMATION on EVERY LIVING AMERICAN
• Its revealed Stephen Miller and Elon Musk have had a very massive fight, supposedly because Elon Musk is sleeping with Miller's wife
• Trump ousts Elon from the administration, after over five months of being besties. Leaves with Stephen Miller's wife, who he just hired at one of his companies (!?)
• Elon starts saying the Big Beautiful Bill sucks
• A GOP Representative reveals that most of them didnt actually get to read the Big Beautiful Bill, GOP leadership basically made them rubber stamp it and they are pissed to find out it makes them all look horrible. A lot of them are now discussing a shakeup in GOP leadership.
• Trump says Elon has "Trump Derangement Syndrome" (🤮)
• Elon escalates massively, stating that Trump is in the Epstein files and THATS why they havent released them yet
• This comes right as Alex Jones loses a massive chunk of his audience because he's endorsing Trump's Palantir contract, and his fans are basically all very concerned about their privacy. They want a new conspiracy to follow and they just got one
• Trump starts threatening Elon's government contracts
• Ian Miles Cheong calls for Trump to be impeached immediately, and for JD Vance to become President. Elon Musk quote retweets this with "Yes"
• JD Vance was mentored by Peter Thiel
• Steve Bannon takes to Fox calling for the immediate deportation of Musk, and making SpaceX a public company
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forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever forever
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DON'T TAKE AWAY WHAT'S PRECIOUS FROM ME
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三角初華_BanG Dream! Ave Mujica(20250316)
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Do you turn out the lights, so you don't have to see yourself?
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My ideal world never existed to begin with
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Only you can be captured in this frame.
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You believed in all your lies
Didn't you? Didn't you?
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something wrong with the dog on my doorstep
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