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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I wonder if there were Nazis that in 1944 said something like "ok, that's the last straw, I'm going to have to quit the Nazi party."

[–] YoureHotCupCake@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

I mean just compare today and it will probably give you a good idea. Many people in Maga didn't give a damn about concentration camps, loss of our rights, the destruction of our institutions, fellow Americans being abducted/killed by ICE, the corruption, and children being raped, but the moment gas prices started going up some of them were no longer on board with this.

[–] cecilkorik@piefed.ca 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Likely, but it probably looked a little different than the kind of "quitting" we would picture ourselves. For example, I like to imagine that's more or less what Hitler was thinking one particularly fateful day in 1945.

Most people can't really face their mistakes once they have gone that deep. They may not even be willing to admit that they were actually mistakes, they'll probably still blame others.