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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 80 points 2 years ago (80 children)

Never on the right side of history.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 59 points 2 years ago (79 children)

We were that one time, and we’ve been milking it ever since.

[–] chaogomu@kbin.social 50 points 2 years ago (21 children)

WW2, we only joined because Japan attacked. Otherwise, there were elements of the US population that were cheering for Hitler.

[–] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Prior to Pearl Harbour, the US funded the Japanese as the Japanese committed countless war crimes and genocide in China.

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