• rhombus@sh.itjust.works
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    21 hours ago

    Indeed, they made plenty of mistakes, otherwise they would have won the war.

    Therein lies the problem, because even if they somehow executed an absolutely perfect strategy they would not have won the war, not in the long run at least. I agree that Wolfenstein doesn’t glorify them since its reasoning for them winning is outlandish sci-fi technology, but a lot of media that assumes they could have won is glorifying, even if indirectly.

    • Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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      17 hours ago

      “It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not weakness, that is life.” - Jean-Luc Picard

      You make valid points. I know I’ve heard enough people who start off with “the nazis sure were bad, BUT…” and proceed to fangirl over every technological achievement made by Germany, even those that came after the allies.

      There’s certainly a line where it goes from “fantasy parody of real life” to “someone wrote a fan fiction about the fourth Reich and clearly has a crush on Hitler whether they want to admit it or not”

      Literally the only way they would have conquered the world is through the wonders of “Sci Fi Magic Bullshit” ™️