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[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 144 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (8 children)

I really hope there's an american nuremberg, and i hope they claim they were just following orders, because as with the original nazis, that's been proven to not be a valid excuse. I hope these cunts go to prison for the rest of their lives.

[–] Vupware@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You know how many Nazis were hung in the Nuremberg trials? Like 10. Everyone else was basically acquitted. You cannot rely on systems of power to punish transgressors.

Geller vid

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Yeah, we don't need trials we need a fucking purge of fascists. And purges always go so well...

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Nothing will happen to them. Nothing happened to the National guard who murdered and stabbed students in 1970.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 14 points 1 day ago

Kent state, Blair Mountain, irradiating special needs kids, Greenwood District, forced sterilisation, MOVE....

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't expect anything will happen to them, but one can hope at least :/

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

These people will be protected and suffer no consequences, because the oligarchy in the US knows it will need more thugs who can operate with impunity. This is why Trump released the Jan 6th rioters. National guard literally murdered and stabbed students in multiple instances in 1970 and nothing happened to them. Most got promoted.

[–] nanoswarm9k@lemmus.org 1 points 19 hours ago

You're basically right, and I think we can aspire to better through some well harnessed anger and direct action.

Maybe we should tell people what Direct Action is.

[–] retreaux@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sadly most Nazis minus a few higher ups went without punishment. Many scientists even ended up working for the US as part of Operation Paperclip. Like the Civil War, the punishment NEVER fits the crime and these assholes mainly get off scot-free with no repercussions. Which always leads to a resurgence at some point.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

My dad tells me a lot of nazis ended up peacefully moving to Newfoundland too

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You lovingly forgave the traitors of the civil war, you gave high research positions to nazis after world war II, the signs are not hopeful

[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's actually surprising how they happen to have two million prisoners. Clearly, some people are going to jail.

In other news the justice department commissioned an AI to automate sentencing of convicted felons but had second thoughts when it transpired the robot had become racist after being trained on the judicial records. True story.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 29 points 2 days ago

Ahh. But that was for Germans. Just following orders is a valid excuse for Americans, as the war crimes trials during the vietnam spanking made clear.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Unless the citizens start showing up to protests armed our corrupt politicians will do nothing as they’ve always done

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I hope so too but I have no faith in the democrats or the current American justice system to make it happen. The only way I see it happening is revolution or war. Otherwise, the federal government will just go on acting like all of this was perfectly normal

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And I hope they get the same treatment as last time.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago

The Nuremberg trials were in my opinion exceedingly light in their judgments overall - too many Germans were guilty to practically execute or jail them all.

The same degree of lenience in this case would be a travesty.