• Derpenheim@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    With how fucked things are just trying to make ends meet, its getting harder to villify everyone signing up. Are they doing the wrong thing? Absolutely. Has it occurred to me that joining would financially secure me and my family? Yes.

    • Zaktor@sopuli.xyz
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      No, it’s still very easy to vilify anyone willing to do that. You could resort to back alley prostitution, selling body parts, or crime before you were economically “forced” to join the gestapo.

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        I see people mentioning “just following orders” a lot recently in terms of an invalid defense, but the sad truth is this excuse worked for an overwhelming majority of Nazis. Only those issuing the orders at the top were prosecuted, at least outside of vigilante justice.

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      Quick question. Are there any moral lines you would never cross for money? Seriously, what are they?

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        I think it very much depends on the situation. If I’m already securely housed and have reliable income for food? No fucking way. If I have a kid who might end up living on the street (or honestly, taken from me by the state) if I don’t find money? I’d at least give this a fleeting thought.