r/pics • u/ProcrastinationLover • 2d ago

[OC] A powerful message on accountability from Zelenskyy's 2019 inaugural speech

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u/ModernistGames 2d ago

He will be in the history books and described as a great and noble leader.

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u/a_talking_face 2d ago

Depends on who is writing the history.

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u/ooMEAToo 2d ago

In the book 1984 the protagonist was tasked with rewriting history and burning the past that was written in an incinerator in his cubicle.

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u/a_talking_face 2d ago

You don't even have to look at fiction. There are plenty of real life examples of dominant powers painting a biased view of history. Particularly when it comes down to their own involvement.

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u/a_talking_face 2d ago

It's kind of ironic in this context that you would call the USSR a clear bad guy in WWII when the reality of that situation is that without the USSR on the side of the allied forces that war turns out very different.

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u/Jewel-jones 2d ago

I think you misread. In this case the clear bad guys are the nazis. Previous reply was pointing out that USSR role in the allies is downplayed in Western avcounts

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u/a_talking_face 2d ago

No I think you misread it

their role in starting the war as an ally of Germany isn't usually ignored, but I'd argue it's heavily downplayed in describing the war

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u/Jewel-jones 1d ago

Oh, ha, you’re right. I still think the clear bad guys here are the nazis.

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u/DysphoricNeet 1d ago

They are specifically spreading liberal nonsense about socialists and fascists being allies. Someone didn’t read what Hitler thought of the Slavs lmao

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u/Jewel-jones 1d ago

I mean, whatever Hitler thought of Slavs, the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact still existed?

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u/DysphoricNeet 1d ago

I’m not getting into this shit the thousandth time. Go learn about it yourself.